Resource Constraints Lead to Biased Attention but Decrease Unethical Behavior
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DOI: 10.1002/bdm.2402
Abstract: Subjective experiences of resource scarcity can make individuals short‐term oriented, capture attention, and trigger feelings of unfairness. However, the impact of scarcity on information processing and ethical decision‐making remains poorly understood. This eye‐tracking study explored… read more here.
Keywords: information; resource; decision making; attention ... See more keywords
Distinct impacts of financial scarcity and natural resource scarcity on sustainable choices and motivations
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DOI: 10.1002/cb.1819
Abstract: The current study examined how financial scarcity and natural resource scarcity independently and interactively influence sustainable choices and motivations. Participants performed a shopping task where they chose between sustainable and conventional products, and rated their… read more here.
Keywords: financial scarcity; natural resource; sustainable choices; choices motivations ... See more keywords
Like parent, like offspring: Intergenerational association of parental scarcity mindset with offspring's cooperative behaviors.
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DOI: 10.1002/pchj.642
Abstract: A sense of resource availability creates a scarcity mindset, leading people to behave in a more competitive way instead of in a collaborative way. This study aims to examine the relationship between scarcity mindset and… read more here.
Keywords: cooperative behaviors; mindset offspring; scarcity; parental scarcity ... See more keywords
Scarcity and quality risks for future global urban water supply
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DOI: 10.1007/s10980-024-01832-0
Abstract: Supply of freshwater to the world’s cities is increasingly affected by human pressures and climate change. Understanding the effects of human pressures and climate change on global urban water scarcity and quality risks in an… read more here.
Keywords: quality; water; supply; global urban ... See more keywords
Adapting temporal preference to scarcity: A role for emotion?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11166-025-09453-x
Abstract: A critical optimization problem is how to distribute resource consumption over time. Humans tend to value immediate rewards over equivalent future rewards—a phenomenon called temporal discounting. Such imbalance can lead to poor health, education, and… read more here.
Keywords: discounting; scarcity; role emotion; temporal discounting ... See more keywords
Poverty and economic decision making: a review of scarcity theory
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DOI: 10.1007/s11238-021-09802-7
Abstract: Poverty is associated with a wide range of counterproductive economic behaviors. Scarcity theory proposes that poverty itself induces a scarcity mindset, which subsequently forces the poor into suboptimal decisions and behaviors. The purpose of our… read more here.
Keywords: scarcity theory; theory; economic decision; scarcity ... See more keywords
Scarcity and consumers’ credit choices
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DOI: 10.1007/s11238-021-09815-2
Abstract: We study the effect of scarcity on decision making by low income Swedes. We exploit the random assignment of welfare payments to study their borrowing decisions within the pawn and mainstream credit market. We document… read more here.
Keywords: scarcity consumers; credit choices; scarcity; consumers credit ... See more keywords
There is No Scarcity Problem
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DOI: 10.1007/s13347-024-00815-y
Abstract: Recently, John Danaher and Sven Nyholm argued that partial “digital duplicates” of real persons (simulations and imitations) prima facie makes the real person less valuable because they become less scarce. They call this the “scarcity… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy; scarcity; scarcity problem;
Managing agricultural vulnerability to phosphorus scarcity through bottom-up assessment of regional-scale opportunities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102910
Abstract: Abstract Many developing countries are dependent on imported phosphorus (P) fertilizers and therefore increasingly vulnerable to scarcity of non-renewable global phosphate supplies, including short-term disruptions. A combination of participatory approach with quantitative substance flow analysis… read more here.
Keywords: phosphorus; vulnerability; scarcity; participatory approach ... See more keywords
Healthy eating behaviors and self-control in scarcity: The protective effects of self-compassion
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DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105860
Abstract: Maintaining healthy eating habits requires self-control and this process can become unsuccessful in certain stressful situations (e.g., economic scarcity). This study tested whether self-compassion can buffer the negative impacts of economic scarcity on healthy eating… read more here.
Keywords: group; self compassion; self control; healthy eating ... See more keywords
Understanding the relationship between resource scarcity and object attachment.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.07.012
Abstract: People generally respond to resource scarcity through one of two pathways: scarcity-reduction or control-restoration. We draw from recent work on the solidity (versus liquidity) of consumption opportunities to offer a new lens through which to… read more here.
Keywords: resource scarcity; understanding relationship; object attachment; scarcity ... See more keywords