The Formation of Inflation Expectations: Microdata Evidence from Japan

We propose a novel approach for measuring inflation expectations, which can alleviate the rounding number problem. Furthermore, we examine how consumers form inflation expectations. We find that consumers heterogeneously update their information sets on prices; 46% of the consumers collect information about the consumer price index at least once a quarter, while the remaining consumers less frequently or never obtain this information. We also find that forecast revisions are sensitive to a change in food prices. More than half of consumers are attentive only to a change in food prices and may form their inflation expectations using food price changes as a signal of fluctuations in the overall inflation rates. The existence of consumers who are inattentive to aggregate inflation casts doubt on the transmission of monetary policy through the management of expectations.     

Macroeconomic expectations and consumer sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of others’ beliefs

This paper investigates the effect of information about cross-country ratings of the government’s and the public’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic on consumers’ macroeconomic expectations and sentiment. We conduct consumer surveys with randomized control trials (RCTs) in two waves in Thailand and Vietnam. The information treatments have the strongest effect when the information shown contradicts consumers’ prior beliefs. In the first survey, conducted when the first lockdown was eased, treatment effects are stronger in Vietnam, causing more optimistic expectations and sentiment. In the second survey, conducted at the start of the second wave of infections, treatment effects are stronger in Thailand, causing a more pessimistic outlook.     

Behavioural intention to use a contact tracing application: The case of StopCovid in France

This research aims to study citizens' intention to download and use the COVID-19 tracing app in France. The theoretical framework considered the theory of technology acceptance model, the theory of goal-directed behaviour, and the theory of privacy to explain the intention to use the COVID-19 tracing app. The methodology included an online survey to examine the theoretical model, which was tested using structural equation modelling. The results show that anticipated emotions, perceived usefulness, privacy concerns, and perceived permission sensitivity significantly contribute towards the intention to adopt the StopCovid app. Subjective norms and goal desire do not exert a direct impact. These findings provide both theoretical and practical implications by adding the extrinsic social value dimension to the analyses of the StopCovid app and presenting antecedents for enhancing its design and safety.     

教师教学配置量与教师组织公民行为:教学期望对教学内在动机中介调节效应

在对广东地区独立学院315名在职教师及65名教学主管的配对调查基础上，验证独立学院教师的教学预期对其教学配置量、教学内在动机与教师组织公民行为的中介调节效应。经过统计分析得出:教师的教学预期能够调节教师教学配置量与教学内在动机之间的关系—教学预期越高，教学配置量越会强化教师教学内在动机;教学预期也能够调节教学配置量与教师组织公民行为之间的关系:教学预期越高，教师越容易表现出组织公民行为。同时，部分验证了教学预期在教学配置量、教学内在动机与教师组织公民行为之间的中介调节效应。