Essays about: "temptations"

Found 5 essays containing the word temptations.

1. 1. Influencers in Confinement : Measuring Covid-19’s Impact on Leadership in Pro- Eating Disorder Twitter Communities

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutet för analytisk sociologi, IAS

   Author : Jacquelynn Ennis; [2024]
   Keywords : Social Network Analysis; Twitter; Pro-eating Disorder; Eating Disorders; Covid-19; Topic Modelling; Online Communities;

   Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges, with global lockdowns impacting individuals on a profound scale. Many took to social media to cope with feelings of anxiety and isolation. READ MORE

3. 2. Jak 1:13, 1 Kor 10:13 och πειρασμóς: Ett intertextuellt studium av Jakobsbrevet

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Leonhard Franke; [2017]
   Keywords : Temptation; πειρασμóς; intertextuality; Jas 1:13; 1 Cor 10:13; defense of God.; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : This study applies the method of intertextuality to interpret a possible dependance of Jas 1:13 on 1 Cor 10:13. Key to this study has been to analyse the use of the word for ”test” or ”temptation”: πειρασμóς, in the two texts'. READ MORE

4. 3. Do temptations sway optimal policy?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Arturs Kanepajs; Ryan Lehr; [2012]
   Keywords : fiscal policy; heterogeneous agents; income; inequality; preference;

   Abstract : We analyze the implications of temptation goods for economic policy in a general equilibrium model with dynasties of heterogeneous households. Temptation goods are defined as goods that generate positive utility for the generation that consumes them but are not valued by any previous generation. READ MORE

5. 4. Consumption in life transition : How do unemployed consumers behave in the marketplace?

   University essay from IHH, EMM (Entreprenörskap, Marknadsföring, Management)

   Author : Cecilia Sihvo; Diana Mesanovic; [2010]
   Keywords : life transition; consumer identity; consumption; social class; the self- concept; the extended self; resistance; consumer resistance; escaping the market; desires; consumer desire; purchase decision; consumer decision; experience; impulse buying; consumer; involvement; methods; preparations; temptations; collecting information; priorities; everyday life resistance; reversed habitual decision making; the process of consumption in life transition.; livsförändring; konsument identitet; konsumtion; samhällsklass; självuppfattning; utökat ego; motstånd; konsument motstånd; fly från marknaden; begär; konsument begär; köpbeslut; konsument beslut; upplevelse; spontanköp; konsument; involvering; metoder; förberedelser; frestelser; samla information; prioriteringar; vardags motstånd; omvänt rutin besluts genomförande; konsument processen under en livsförändring.;

   Abstract : Background: We live in a world where not everyone is employed; numerous people havelost their jobs due to several factors where one of them is the economic crisis. This has hada huge impact on Sweden and the unemployment rate. Previous research has shown thatinflation, unemployment, and high interest rates represent risks to consumer welfare. READ MORE

6. 5. Overeating and time-preference - Why consume towards overweight?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Astrid Wirén; [2005]
   Keywords : health economics; Behavioural economics; overweightness; time-preferences; discounting; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : There are many theories of time preference that are relevant for the problem of overweight. The DU-model explains how declining utility profiles can be consistent with an individual’s preferences. Such profiles are achieved through overeating and overweight. READ MORE