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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Endorsements"”.
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Essays About Newspaper Political Endorsements
… investigating two aspects of newspaper endorsements: their influence on elections, and the factors determining these recommendations. In the first chapter of my dissertation, "Newspaper Political Endorsements and Market Competition," I develop and estimate a simple structural model to …
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The power of collective endorsements: Promoting credibility, belonging, and participation in medical support communities
… themes together is the concept of collective endorsements. I introduced the concept of collective endorsements while investigating the factors that influence the perceived credibility of medical crowdfunding campaigns. Establishing the credibility of medical crowdfunding campaigns is very …
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REPUTATIONAL EFFECTS IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF REPEAT CANDIDACY AND INTEREST GROUP ENDORSEMENTS
… candidacy and the impact of interest group endorsements on candidate contributions. The first project examines the conditions under which losing state legislative candidates will appear on the successive general election ballot. Broadly speaking, I find a good deal of support for the notion …
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The impact of celebrity endorsements on the buying behavior of Rowan University students age 18-24
… was to determine the persuasiveness of celebrity endorsements on the purchase decisions of Rowan University students age 18-24, with specific regard to digital media players. The hypothesis of the study is that majority of Rowan students age 18-24 are persuaded to buy digital media players that …
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Political Participation as a Social Activity: Examining the Relationship of Facebook Endorsements and Political Participation in Young Voters
… participation. The results showed that social endorsements on Facebook do predict political participation both online and offline. The results of studies such as this one strive to serve as valuable information for voting campaigns and initiatives to attract more voters to the polls.
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Organized Labor's Influence on Local Elections: A Case History of Snohomish County, Washington
… political following, political resources, and endorsements. This analysis focuses on union endorsements in relation to other political endorsements. The case study of the race for Snohomish County Council in District Five illuminates the connection between endorsements, monetary contributions, …
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Maladaptive cognitive schemas associated with perceptions of family functioning
… YSQ schemas, domains, and total score. Higher endorsements of maladaptive schemas were negatively associated with perceptions of parental caregiving and positively associated with perceptions of parental intrusiveness. Multiple regression analyses examined the patterns of CIFA scales predicting …
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Body Objectification, Ethnic Identity and Cosmetic Surgery in African-American Women
… a cosmetic procedure increase with lower endorsements of ethnic identity. (2) Ethnic identity has an effect on surveillance, shame, and body control in African-American Women. Ethnic identity will be measured with the Multiethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), which measures subjects' …
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An Exploration of American Adolescents' Beverage Intake and Views on Celebrity Endorsement of Beverage Products to Inform Policies that Promote Healthy Beverage Guidelines
… familiarity survey with 48 celebrities and their endorsements for six beverage product categories; Q methodology study that used 48 celebrity images depicting beverage brand and product endorsements where participants sorted the images on a normal distribution (+4 to -4) based on perceived …
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Three Essays in Behavioral Economics and Macroeconomics: Unraveling Celebrity Influence on Philanthropy, Racial Disparities in Donation Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia
… investigates the effectiveness of celebrity endorsements on charitable giving during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants' donation decisions were compared after exposure to celebrity and non-profit expert endorsements. Logistic regression and Ordinary Least Squares regression were used to …
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Bridging the gap between learning and memory
… strength-based mirror effect was found in which endorsements to words on the study list increased with repetitions but endorsements to both new rule-consistent and new rule-inconsistent words decreased. Discussion of recognition-memory models and a set of MINERVA simulations demonstrated that …
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On Board for Brands: Understanding the Motivating Influences of Sponsored Female Snowboarders
While athlete endorsements and sponsorship have been extensively researched in sport marketing, little attention has been given to the athlete’s perspective (Dumont, 2016). This study sought to address this gap by exploring the motivations and decision-making factors that drive female athletes’ …
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The psychometric principles of affect: are they ideal?
… of this research was to determine whether co-endorsements of happiness and sadness occur because individuals use an ideal point response process to respond to affect indicators. An ideal point process posits that individuals endorse items most close to their latent trait standing. Hence, …
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From Macro to Micro: A Study of the Impact of Stock Market Development and Behavioral Factors on Charitable Donations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
… investigates the effectiveness of celebrity endorsements on charitable giving during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants' donation decisions were compared after exposure to celebrity and non-profit expert endorsements. Logistic regression and Ordinary Least Squares regression were used to …
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Using web data and services : technology, theory and evidence
… platforms and the importance of social media endorsements, the third essay investigates if online review ratings would affect consumers' decisions of endorsing via Facebook and purchasing products. It builds a stylized Bayesian learning model and derives three hypotheses. The empirical …
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An Examination of Celebrity Endorsement Used to Promote Branded Food and Beverage Products to American Children, Adolescents and Young Adults to Inform Policies to Promote Healthy Food Environments
… with food and beverage group, brand or product endorsements (1990-2017) to examine celebrity profiles and their endorsement relationships, company partnerships, the nutritional profile of products and brands. Evidence was analyzed using Python version 3.5.5 and SPSS version 24. Study two …
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