Maria C. Pereira

ORCID: 0000-0001-6300-7822
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Research Areas
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Economic theories and models
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics

University of Coimbra
2004-2023

Consumer credit is a central feature of modern living, having been an important topic research for some time. In contrast, mindfulness has only recently gained prominence. Our study develops model that links individuals' with their intentions/use, and further proposes money attitudes as mediator variable. Broad support the provided by sample students from Portuguese University second composed adult US residents. The results suggest might play significant role in shaping consumers'...

10.1111/joca.12197 article EN Journal of Consumer Affairs 2018-05-09

Abstract A growing number of studies have linked mindfulness with the adoption environmentally friendly behaviors. We aim to contribute this emergent research by putting forward a model in which relationship between and specific pro‐environmental behavior, water conservation, is indirect. In pursuit, we draw on hierarchical for influence psychological characteristics individuals' propose that conservation mediated environmental beliefs, namely utilitarian consumer abilities, specifically...

10.1002/cb.2023 article EN Journal of Consumer Behaviour 2022-01-21

Abstract This study relies on a novel research approach to analyze how national income, income inequality, institutional quality, and culture combine generate different recipes for eliciting subjective well‐being (SWB). Specifically, we use fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis, which facilitates the of combinations conditions (paths) that act synergistically achieve certain outcome. The uses data from over 70 countries finds several periods lead equally high SWB, as well configurations...

10.1111/kykl.12343 article EN Kyklos 2023-07-03

This paper analyzes the influence of social capital in consumers' perceptions their borrowing constraints, which affect numerous financial decisions. Social is a multidimensional concept that concerns ability to obtain benefits from engagement activities and networks. To test hypotheses, we rely on data European Survey. The results indicate four indicators (bonding capital, bridging trust people, institutions) are negatively associated with perceived some these associations moderated by...

10.1111/joca.12123 article EN Journal of Consumer Affairs 2016-08-30

This study predicts an indirect relationship between regulatory focus and pro-environmental behaviour. In doing so we advance the incipient conflicting literature on behaviour, predicting both positive negative channels for dissemination of effects environmentally-friendly The results, based data collected from 925 individuals, show that orientations behaviour are completely mediated by predicted mechanisms. Both promotion prevention with but this depends specific type environmental...

10.1080/0267257x.2022.2092195 article EN Journal of Marketing Management 2022-07-04

This paper presents an analysis of the joint determination real and financial development. The is based on a simple endogenous growth model in which borrower's risk type private information. Our innovation to determine jointly equilibrium loan contract economy's path. We show that at low level development economy likely experience large incidence credit rationing. As capital accumulates, rationing may fall as result emergence new regime agents mitigate information friction by making use...

10.1111/j.1467-9957.2004.00389.x article EN Manchester School 2004-02-23
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