Aggregation Bias in Repeat-Sales Indices

The repeat-sales methodology has become a standard approach for estimating real estate price indices. This article examines the underlying assumptions inherent in the repeat sales model and provides an empirical test for both included and omitted variables as sources of aggregation bias. The results indicate that virtually all price indices may be biased, the degree of bias being dependent upon the number of variables examined and the instability of their parameters over time.     

民族村寨旅游者重游行为影响因素研究

对重游市场的稳定与发展,是民族村寨旅游做强做大的基本前提。而影响旅游者重游行为产生的因素则是多方面的,必须对此作出全面且定量的分析,方可真实而系统地掌握其重游行为。通过设计民族村寨旅游者重游行为影响因素调查量表,进行实地调查,对所获数据进行定量分析,从而明了各种因素对重游动机的影响,并根据不同影响因素所致的重游行为进行分类,则可针对不同的重游群体采取相应的市场策略。     

First-time versus repeat visitors to a music festival in South Africa

This research segmented visitors to Spring Fiesta, a music festival aimed at the House, Hip Hop and Kwaito music festival market in South Africa, based on the frequency of visits to distinguish between first-time and repeat festival attendees. A research survey was done over four years (2013–2016) and 788 visitor questionnaires were included in the analysis. Independent sample t-tests, two-way frequency tables, and Chi-square tests were used to analyze the data and segment first-time and repeat visitors based on socio-demographics, behavioral characteristics, and overall satisfaction and travel motivations. These differences should be considered when the festival program is designed and marketed.     

New or repeat customers: How does physical environment influence their restaurant experience?

This study proposed a conceptual model to examine how customers’ perceptions of the physical environment influenced disconfirmation, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty for first-time and repeat customers in upscale restaurants. Using a structural equation modeling analysis, this study showed that facility aesthetics, lighting, layout, and service staff had significant effects on disconfirmation. Moreover, disconfirmation exerted a direct influence on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Customer satisfaction also positively influenced customer loyalty. Finally, the impacts of facility aesthetics, lighting, table settings, and service staff on disconfirmation significantly differed between first-time customers and repeat customers. More specifically, facility aesthetics, lighting, and service staff were significant predictors of both first timers’ and repeaters’ perceived disconfirmation, while layout and table settings were significant determinants of only repeat visitors’ perceived disconfirmation. The implications for academic researchers and marketing practitioners are discussed.     

The Moderating Role of Country of Origin on Brand Equity,Repeat Purchase Intentions,and Word of Mouth in Trinidad and Tobago

Brand equity has emerged as a critical aspect of marketing, but its effect on consumer behavioral intentions from a developing country perspective has not been sufficiently examined. This study proposes that country of origin and product type will moderate the relationships between brand equity, consumer repeat purchase intentions, and word of mouth. Data were collected from 157 customers and analyzed with regression analysis. Our results confirm the moderating role of COO such that favorable COO weakens the impact of brand equity on consumers' behavioral intentions. Product type was not significant. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are presented as well as the limitations, and future research opportunities are discussed.     

Age Patterns of China's Repeat Migration

This study analyzes the relationship between the age of first migration and the probability of repeat migration focusing on rural to urban migrants in China. It is based on the data of the 2015 Migrant Dynamics Monitoring Survey (MDMS). The data shows that 52.64% of migrants had experienced repeat migration before 2015, the amount of which is huge. The empirical results indicate an inverted U-shaped connection between age of first migration and the probability of repeat migration. The probability of making repeat migration from rural to urban areas reaches its peak if an individual experienced his/her first migration at around 16 years old. The probability for repeat migration continues to increase before the age of 16 and keeps dropping afterward. Additionally, this study explores the reason for this inverse U-shaped relationship, and it finds that reasons for first migration have great impacts. Specifically, the probability of repeat migration goes up with age if an individual first migrates before age 16 and is accompanied by parents. This probability decreases with age, if an individual first migrates after or at age 16, because of work.     

中国上市公司年报财务重述的行业效应研究

近年来,财务重述在国内外呈现＂蔓延＂局势,国外研究表明,财务重述影响上市公司及市场的资源配置。文章选择2007年中国上市公司年报财务重述进行实证研究,发现中国上市公司年报重述不仅使重述公司本身遭受价值损失,也给所处行业带来负面效应。     

Service Quality Perception and Satisfaction: Buying Behaviour Prediction in an Australian Festivalscape

The study was conducted on 358 attendees at a major wine festival in Australia. A positive relationship between quality perception and overall satisfaction constructs exists. New insight to festivalscape knowledge is provided through the first‐time and repeat visitor dynamic as predictor of actual buying behaviour. Higher percentage of repeat visitors correlates with higher likelihood of (wine) buying. Overall satisfaction is a stronger predictor of buying behaviour than any individual service quality dimension and of these quality dimensions overall. Repeat visitors, 35 years and older, are the highest yielding visitor group from a financial viewpoint. First‐time visitors are more short‐term oriented in their planning when making the final decision to attend the event. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于C-RAN与LTE-Hi的BR-OFDMA导频图案设计

在集中式/协作式/云计算无线接入网（C-RAN）环境下,结合热点及室内覆盖的长期演进(LTE-Hi)特点,研究导频图案的设计。LTE-Hi要求插入的导频数量比传统的长期演进(LTE)少,又由于其覆盖特点导致小区边界更容易受相邻小区干扰,由此提出一种应用块重复的正交频分多址（BR-OFDMA）和压缩感知信道估计技术的导频图案设计方案。该方案能够探测各相邻小区间的干扰情况,然后根据干扰情况设置BR-OFDMA参数,最后得到导频图案。该方案能明显减少导频数量,在C-RAN的云结构下更适合LTE-Hi相邻小区间的协作配置,能根据干扰情况,在资源消耗与性能之间进行平衡。仿真表明该方案在低信干比环境下仍能表现较好性能,适合在C-RAN与LTE-Hi中应用。