On October 6, 1979, the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System embarked on an aggressive policy to lower the inflation rate, which then stood near 12 percent. That effort succeeded: By the mid-1980s, the rate of change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was reduced to less than 4 percent on a three-year moving-average basis, as shown in figure 1. The commonly reported measur...

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) of a particular region is primarily calculated through aggregation of individual household observations. This aggregation is done following two schemes, plutocratic and democratic. While both of them are useful for certain purposes, none of them actually give proper attention to poor households. In this study, we have shown that weighting scheme with certain mathemati...

This study aims to examine the intention use hajj savings. The proposed model of 'Theory Planned Behavior (TPB)' which is widely applied in consumer behavior studies. theory consists behavioral, normative and controlling belief structures that shape intentions. includes three independent variables, namely attitudes, subjective norms, perceptions control. Intention as dependent variable religios...

A journalist always acts as a product, consumer and translator of his own national culture via language, ethical axiological norms. Regarding the stated topic, media text is considered, through which actualizes norms values society. The article examines author’s “life” narrative, embedded into text, based on real life situations story’s characters. interaction narration current events with tell...

The aim of this study is to examine how and when narcissism faith in humanity simultaneously influence product reuse. Despite its critical role promoting sustainability, scholars have paid scant attention reuse as a reliable aspect sustainable consumer behavior. Moreover, research on personality traits drivers consumption has mostly focused the Big Five traits. We posit that effects consumers' ...

this study aims to examine the content of isps' websites in two countries, iran and malaysia. the sample contained 31 iranian and 19 malaysian websites. each website was content analyzed for use of various interactivity functions in three dimensions of consumer – message, consumer – marketer and consumer – consumer interactivity. our findings indicate that iranian websites tend to emphasiz...

This study focused on social and cognitive psychological factors that drive personal norms consequent buying intentions towards green electric appliances. The differentiates itself from other similar studies by examining the mediating role of consumer moral developing nation perspective. Following a cross-sectional design, data were collected 360 consumers in shopping malls using purposive samp...

Abstract The paper defends an account of the context-sensitivity norms that draws on resources counterfactual conditionals. combines two assumptions: assumption permission is rule-abiding performance in some contextually relevant situations; and situations are picked out by mechanism selects possible worlds for evaluation explains non-monotonicity permissions solves a puzzle, raised Timothy Wil...