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Abstract
The article focuses on the consumption of goods used by consumers of different generations from 3 different countries: Albania, Polish and Portugal. The aim of the analysis was to identify respondents' indications concerning: (1) knowledge of the definition of the circular economy, (2) declared by respondents places of purchase of used products and (3) type of purchased products used by respondents. The analysis was conducted among 495 respondents from Albania, Polish and Portugal representing three generations (X, Y, Z). Correspondence analysis was used for statistical data analysis. Statistically significant differences in knowledge of the definition of the circular economy were shown between respondents from Albania, Polish and Portugal. It was also found that respondents' preferences regarding the place of purchase of second-hand goods are differentiated (at a statistically significant level) by nationality and year of birth (generation). The obtained results open the possibility of further research aimed at identifying different behaviors among these groups of consumers. The presented work, both in the cognitive and application part, can be a source of knowledge and popularization of research, as well as a source of inspiration for in-depth reflection and scientific discussion. The analyses presented in the publication may complement the existing research in the field of circular economy. Extending the survey to other EU countries can help define a strategy for policymakers, manufacturers and retailers to make greater use of circular economy solutions, while maintaining the viability of their operations.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Setting the Stage: A Revealed Preference Characterization of the Unitary Model -- Rational Collective Consumption Behavior -- Individual Preferences -- Assignable Quantities -- Collective Rationality -- Revealed Preference Characterization -- The Sharing Rule -- Testing and Recovery Results for the Special Collective Models -- All Goods are Public -- All Goods Private and No Externalities -- Extensions -- Testing and Recovery Results for the General Collective Model -- Testing -- Recovery -- Empirical Applications -- Data -- The Unitary Model -- The General Collective Model -- The Special Collective Models -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- References.

The aim was to establish a causal structural model to examine consumers' addictive consumption decisions about tobacco. It was found that a consumer forms his/her risk perception based on three information sources. Moreover, a consumer's risk perception can directly influence his/her
attitude toward cigarette smoking and also indirectly influence his/her intention to start smoking. From this study, managerial implications for public health professionals and for tobacco manufacturers can be drawn. For the former, it was found that: (i) antismoking advertising should intensively
focus on escalating consumer risk perception and should be targeted toward males, the elderly, or persons with less education; and (ii) antismoking advertising and campaigns should be directed towards encouraging less addicted smokers to cease smoking. For the latter, tobacco manufacturers
should employ social marketing techniques encouraging people not to smoke in public areas and discouraging young people from smoking.

Purpose: This study is conducted to find the impact of consumer personality on their satisfaction and loyalty and eventually on their repeated purchases which will automatically enhance the profits of the organizations. In this study consumer personality is a parameter of consumer behavior. Constructs of consumer personality are social affiliation and consumer relationship proneness. No any previous study is conducted to find the relation between different parameters of consumer personality on their Purchasing behavior. Methodology/Sampling: Primary data was collected from public & private universities of the Hyderabad & Jamshoro districts. Questionnaire was administered in 200 randomly selected samples; sampling frame was students from different classes i.e. MBBS, BDS & Nursing. Already established scales were used for measuring consumer personality, satisfaction, commitment and repeated purchases. Data was analyzed through correlation. Findings: It showed that if the product is aligned with the consumer personality then that has increased not only their satisfaction level but also loyalty with the organization, which ultimately led them to purchase repeatedly. Practical Implications: This research is useful for the top management & sales managers of the organizations in aligning their products with the personality of consumers.

By using customer‐level residential billing data from 2008 to 2010 of a major utility company in Phoenix metropolitan area, this study adopts a matching approach and a difference‐in‐differences method to estimate empirically the impact of a prepaid electricity plan on residential electricity consumption, after correcting for selection bias. Results show that the prepaid program is associated with a 12% reduction in electricity usage, customers with lower level of wealth or those with higher amount of arrearage prior to switching to the prepaid program tend to save more electricity after switching, and prepaid customers save more electricity in the summer than winter. (JEL L94, Q41)