Online shopping as foraging: the effects of increasing delays on purchasing and patch residence

Authors :: Hantula, Donald A.
Brockman, Diane DiClemente
Smith, Carter L.
Source :: IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. June, 2008, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p147, 8 p.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Behavioral Ecology of Consumption is a foraging theory model of human decision-making in an online environment. Results suggest the generality of hyperbolic discounting and matching in human decision-making.

Subjects :: Food habits -- Research
Online shopping -- Forecasts and trends
Behavioral economics -- Research
Consumption (Economics) -- Technology application
Hyperbolic discounting -- Research
Market trend/market analysis
Technology application
Online shopping
Business
High technology industry
Literature/writing

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