The present research explores how product type influences the trade‐off between relative
and absolute best choice. We measure consumers' choice preferences and willingness to …

Leveraging upper-echelon and post-traumatic childhood experience theories, this study
analyses the influence of CEOs' birth order in the family on firms' triple bottom line …

Family influences on economic performance are investigated. In particular, sibship sex
composition is related to hourly wages using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of …

With the rise of live streaming commerce, the relationship between consumers and content
creators on the short-video platforms has become closer, forming a peculiar culture and …

As China grapples with the dual policy challenges of declining birth rates and the pursuit of
individual happiness, understanding the relationship between these two factors is important …

Previous research has demonstrated that people's concern about their position relative to a
reference group (ie, positional concern) is stronger in some domains than in others. Our …

This article examines the effect of religion on positional concerns using survey experiments.
We focus on two of the dimensions of religion–degree of religiosity and religious festivals. By …

Economic growth has been regarded as a key societal development goal since World War II
with the argument that it benefits everyone in society. Yet, it has become clear today that in …

The noticeable differences in the theoretical and operative definitions of envy across studies
and approaches have produced a fragmentary representation and understanding of the …

The birth order influences various psychological characteristics ranging from personality
traits to sexual behaviour. Yet while many studies suggest that firstborn children are likely to …