Recently, there has been increased attention on finding solutions for double-sided markets with strategic buying and selling agents. We present and evaluate the first dynamic double-sided combinatorial market, named DYCOM, that allows truthful and individually-rational behavior for both buying and selling agents, keeps the market budget balanced and approximates social welfare efficiency. We ex...

This paper deals with the construction of a discrete mathematical model for addictive buying. Firstly, identifications of consumers buying behavior are performed by using multivariate statistical techniques based on real data bases and sociological approaches. Then population is divided into appropriate groups according to the level of overbuying and a discrete compartmental model is constructe...

Social media networks, besides being an area where users communicate and share with each other, have become one of the important promotion activities businesses. Businesses are trying to influence purchasing behavior consumers by using advertising element effectively in social networks. Hedonic impulse buying behaviors can be expressed as that becoming increasingly widespread among today. This ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Trading volume Buy–sell imbalance Financial crisis We confirm that investors in different categories have different trading patterns caused by attention-grabbing factors. Stocks with extreme one-day returns catch the attention of both individual and institutional investors. Individual investors are net buyers of losers whereas institutional investors are net buye...

Compulsive buying is a form of addictive consumption where consumers purchase goods that they either don’t need or can’t afford. This paper reviews the literature on this problem behavior and summarizes the findings in the following three areas: conceptual definition, reasons “why” consumers engage in this type of addictive consumption, predictors of compulsive shoppers and the correlation with...

Due to the problems of measurement and the lack of nationally representative data, the extent of compulsive buying behaviour (CBB) is relatively unknown. The validity of three different instruments was tested: Edwards Compulsive Buying Scale (ECBS; Edwards, E.A., 1993. Development of a new scale for measuring compulsive buying behaviour. Financial Counseling and Planning. 4, 67-85), Questionnai...