Economics of Consumers and Households
The group of economics of consumers and households consists of general, household, behavioral and regional economists. Hence, it combines different perspectives: the neo-classical view of economics, the behavioral economic view and multidisciplinary perspectives. Also both analytical and policy approaches are applied. The research program is clustered around five themes.
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International Conference 2013: Cooperation or Conflict? Economics of natural resources and food
This conference will further economic research on cooperation and conflict at individual, group and international levels. We invite theoretical and empirical contributions from institutional, behavioral, experimental and mainstream economics.
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The standard approach in economic research is the development of a model in which the actors react to stimuli, i.e., prices, expected utility of certain actions, etc., aimed at reaching particular goals. In this approach, behaviour of consumers, households and other actors is explained on the basis of a trade-off between (perceptions of) costs and benefits.
Our Education
Majors and Minors at ECH: both Economics of Consumers and Households and General Economics topics are possible.
Latest publications
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Development and cross-cultural validation of a shortened social representations scale of new foods
Food Quality and Preference 28 (2013)1. - ISSN 0950-3293 - p. 226 - 234.
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Eat now, exercise later: The relation between consideration of immediate and future consequences and healthy behavior
Personality and Individual Differences 54 (2013)6. - ISSN 0191-8869 - p. 785 - 791.
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The role of psychological flexibility in the demands-exhaustion-performance relationship(Online first)
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (2012). - ISSN 1359-432X - p. 15.