Abstract Using an extensive panel of cross-border M&A transactions between 1990 and 2007, we find that firms from developing countries (versus those from developed countries) bid higher on average to acquire assets in developed countries. We are interested in why these higher bids occur. We find that bids of firms from developing countries are higher in cases where the transaction displays “nat...

Converging findings suggest that depressed individuals exhibit disturbances in positive emotion. No study, however, has ascertained which specific positive emotions are implicated in depression. We report two studies that compare how depressive symptoms relate to distinct positive emotions at both trait and state levels of assessment. In Study 1 (N=185), we examined associations between depress...

The present research explores the relationship between anticipated emotions and pro-environmental decision making comparing two differently valenced emotions: anticipated pride and guilt. In an experimental design, we examined the causal effects of anticipated pride versus guilt on pro-environmental decision making and behavioral intentions by making anticipated emotions (i.e. pride and guilt) ...

at early period of ghobad’s reign, sassanid king (486-531ad), an important movement occurred, headed by mazdak, for several social, economic and political reasons so that the king supported it in order to weaken the position of great figures and clergymen as well. naturally, important people opposed the given movement and dethroned ghobad king from power and he managed to resume his reign again...

throughout the history, there have been deep cultural as well as scientic connections between iran and india. in medieval period, many persian physicians immigrated to india mainly because of political and social reasons. a good example of this was mirza mohammad hashem alavi khan shirazi who belonged to shiraz medical doctrine. he was born in shiraz, but immigrated to india and was in the cou...

Prior research has demonstrated that while people experience pride after an accomplishment, its experience can both encourage and discourage subsequent regulatory behavior. The current research shows that this seemingly contradictory influence can be accounted for by considering the information about the event that generated the pride (i.e., appraisal information) and whether or not a self-regu...

This paper explores how atheism relates to national pride. Previous research reports the strong positive relationship between religiosity and Inversely, it can be assumed that atheists feel less Whether this assumption holds true whether perceived relevance of for values as fundamental pride is a national-specific or global phenomenon will investigated here by examining attitudes towards assess...

Three experiments investigate the emotions that arise from buying or not buying at an unintended purchase opportunity and how they color evaluations of affective advertising appeals that are viewed subsequently. We demonstrate that buying can cause happiness tempered with guilt, while not buying causes pride. Consistent with the felt affect, respondents who had bought at time 1 subsequently pre...