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Generically Modified: Effects of Consumer Beliefs about Food Constituents on Health
The obesity crisis is growing worldwide, and has a total economic cost of US$2. trillion The prevalence and growth rate of obesity is highest in some developing countries, but most research on how people’s beliefs influence their food-related decisions is based in the West. We have previously found that many ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2016/mukhopadhyay-generically-modified-effects-consumer
Morality in the Emerging Marketplace: How Cultural Mindsets Affect Consumer Responses to Firm Transgressions
Multi-national firms have often been accused of causing harm to consumers in emerging markets taking advantage of loose legal frameworks to exploit vulnerable consumers. Yet, judgments of culpability tend to range from mild to extreme. This research examines how cultural mindsets (chronic or situationally induced) ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2016/morality-in-the-emerging-marketplace-how-cultural-mindsets-affect-consumer-responses-to-firm-transgressions
Does Accountability Deter Individuals from Serving as Independent Directors? Evidence from a Corporate Governance Reform in India
Prior literature, both theoretical and empirical, has highlighted the important role of independent directors as a monitor and an advisor. Recent corporate governance scandals have resulted in calls for greater accountability of independent directors to improve the effectiveness of corporate boards. Opponents, on the ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2016/nielsen-does-accountability-deter-individuals
Announcing IEMS Research Grants 2015
The Institute is delighted that it has awarded 10 grants for unique research conducted on a broad range of emerging market related issues for the year 2015.  HKUST IEMS Research Grants support high-quality research that provides valuable insights into the challenges facing businesses and ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/iems-updates/2015/iems-research-grants-2015
A Model of China’s Shadow Banks and Market Determined Interest Rate Reform
We plan to develop a dynamic general-equilibrium model to show that the lack of market determined interest rates is critical in explaining the rapid rise of the unstable shadow banks and a range of related misallocation about China's economy: lower real interest rates do not stimulate consumption, consistent asset ...
https://iems.ust.hk/research/project/2015/li-model-china-s-shadow-banks
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