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The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hedging functionality of Chinese financial markets
(Elsevier, 2022)In this paper, we investigate both constant and time-varying hedge ratios in terms of the effectiveness of CSI300 index futures during the COVID-19 crisis. Using naïve, OLS and EC/ROLS strategies to estimate constant hedge ... -
Life expectancy reductions from New Zealand's unbalanced Covid response
(2021)Safety-at-all-costs approaches may perversely increase mortality if indirect effects from lower incomes outweigh direct effects of the safety intervention. New Zealand’s output in 2020 was five percent less than expected, ... -
Self-reported fever may be a poor proxy for the prevalence of malaria
(2021)About 90% of the 0.5 million global annual death toll from malaria occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially amongst young children. While the most popular interventions for reducing the burden of malaria include ... -
Time-varying price discovery and autoregressive loading factors: Evidence from S&P 500 cash and e-mini futures markets
(2017)The error correction coefficients, known as the loading factors, are a key component for price discovery measurement. So far, the loading factors have always been assumed as static. This paper is the first one to investigate ... -
Consumer adoption of sustainable shellfish in China: Effects of psychological factors and segmentation
(Elsevier Science LTD, 2019)China's large and increasing demand for aquatic products has had a significant effect on the sustainability of global water ecosystems. This study explored the effects of psychological factors and segmentation on Chinese ... -
Location or hukou: What most limits fertility of urban women in China?
(Wiley, 2017)China's fertility rate is below replacement level. The government is attempting to increase this rate by relaxing the one‐child policy. China faces a possible tradeoff because further urbanization is needed to raise incomes ... -
Lockdowns only slightly postponed deaths in New Zealand
(2021)The Level 4 lockdown imposed on March 25 2020 in New Zealand was the world’s most restrictive set of closure and containment policies at the time. While designed to deal with Covid-19, it was soon noted by public health ... -
General image of and beliefs about European food in two mainland Chinese cities Shanghai and Xi'an
(Emerald Group Publishing, 2015)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a picture of the current image and consumer beliefs of European food in mainland Chinese consumers’ minds. Design/methodology/approach A web-based survey was conducted ... -
The influences of quality attributes and socio-demographics on Chinese consumers' general and online consumptions of Canadian, US and Australian lobsters
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2021)Purpose This study explores the influence of quality attributes and socio-demographics on Chinese consumers' general and online consumption of three origin-specific lobsters: Canadian, United States and Australian. D ... -
Chinese consumers and shellfish: Associations between perception, quality, attitude and consumption
(Elsevier, 2018)This study explores the associations between Chinese consumers’ product attribute perceptions and their quality perceptions, attitudes and consumptions toward shellfish. It also presents information regarding their ... -
Perceptions of Chinese traditional food and European food among Chinese consumers
(Emerald, 2016)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore Chinese consumers’ perceptions in relation to both Chinese traditional and European food. Design/methodology/approach A web-based free word association test was administered ... -
Consumer adoption of online-to-offline food delivery services: A conceptual model
(Springer, 2020)There is a dramatic growth in the market of Online-To-Offline food delivery services (O2O-FDS) recently. A need exists for the stakeholders of food and catering industries to better understand the market of O2O-FDS in order ... -
General image, perceptions and consumer segments of luxury seafood in China: A case study for lobster
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore Chinese consumers’ perceptions towards a luxury seafood – lobster, and identify the important perceptions that influence Chinese consumers’ general image of lobster. It also ... -
Motives for luxury seafood consumption in first-tier cities in China
(Elsevier, 2020)This study explored Chinese consumers’ choice motives, motive dimensions, segmentation, and species preferences on luxury seafood consumption. A web-based survey was administered to 967 luxury seafood eaters from three ... -
Chinese consumers and European beer: Associations between attribute importance, socio-demographics, and consumption
(Elsevier, 2017)The demand for western alcoholic beverages in China has increased tremendously in recent years. However, there is still a lack of understanding with regard to the behaviour of Chinese consumers towards European beer, which ... -
Motives for consumer choice of traditional food and European food in mainland China
(Elsevier, 2015)The demand for European (-style) foods in mainland China has been increasing dramatically during the last decade. Nevertheless, European food producers often appear to be not capable to fully exploit this huge market ... -
Mapping the value chain of imported shellfish in China
(Elsevier, 2019)This study explores the value chain structure and chain activities of the imported shellfish industry in China. Data were collected from face-to-face semi-structured interviews in Guangzhou (n = 30) and Shanghai (n = 23) ... -
Consumer adoption of online food shopping in China
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impacts of innovation-adoption characteristics on Chinese consumers’ adoption of online food shopping. It also examines consumers’ online purchase preferences for specific ... -
Food choice in the e-commerce era: A comparison between business-to-consumer (B2C), online-to-offline (O2O) and new retail
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2020)Purpose This study associated consumers' food choice motives and socio-demographic characteristics with their attitudes and consumptions towards food shopping with four e-commerce modes: business-to-consumer (B2C), ... -
Structural equation models: From paths to networks (Westland 2019)
(Springer, 2020)Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a statistical analytic framework that allows researchers to specify and test models with observed and latent (or unobservable) variables and their generally linear relationships. In ...
