Add to ORKG[Excerpt] Tipping is an interesting economic behavior because it is an expense that consumers are free to avoid. Although called for by social norms, tips are not legally required. Furthermore, since tips are not given until after services have been rendered, they are not necessary to get good service in establishments that are infrequently patronized. For this reason, many economists regard tipping as mysterious or seemingly irrational behavior. The present chapter explores this behavior and its implications for economic theory and public policy. The chapter is divided into four sections. The first two sections provide more detail about the phenomenon of tipping by summarizing and discussing the results of empirical research on the determi...
Since its origins in 18th-century English pubs, tipping has become a custom involving numerous profe...
When dining in a restaurant or having a drink at a bar, do you tip? If yes, what do you base the tip...
As tipping is consider a main source or additional income for millions of service personnel and clos...
[Excerpt] Tipping is an interesting economic behavior because it is an expense that consumers are fr...
Tipping is a world-wide custom involving billions of dollars. The voluntary nature of tipping raises...
This paper explores the potential motivations behind restaurant tipping and its effect on profit. Th...
This paper offers a thoughtful discussion of social norms and alternative economic viewpoints and an...
In this paper, I conduct the first cross-national study of the political economy of gratuities. Exis...
Tipping is a phenomenon that has been studied for many years, but is receiving increased attention i...
This paper offers a thoughtful discussion of social norms and alternative economic viewpoints and an...
Tipping is a mysterious phenomenon, being one of the few economic transactions which happens volunta...
Tipping in American restaurants has become a social norm deep-rooted into society since the 19th cen...
Using survey data, we identify a variety of factors that influence tipping behavior and in the proce...
In many countries around the world, consumers leave voluntary payments of money (called “tips”) to s...
Tipping is an important economic phenomenon, involving about $47Â billion a year in the US food indu...
Since its origins in 18th-century English pubs, tipping has become a custom involving numerous profe...
When dining in a restaurant or having a drink at a bar, do you tip? If yes, what do you base the tip...
As tipping is consider a main source or additional income for millions of service personnel and clos...
[Excerpt] Tipping is an interesting economic behavior because it is an expense that consumers are fr...
Tipping is a world-wide custom involving billions of dollars. The voluntary nature of tipping raises...
This paper explores the potential motivations behind restaurant tipping and its effect on profit. Th...
This paper offers a thoughtful discussion of social norms and alternative economic viewpoints and an...
In this paper, I conduct the first cross-national study of the political economy of gratuities. Exis...
Tipping is a phenomenon that has been studied for many years, but is receiving increased attention i...
This paper offers a thoughtful discussion of social norms and alternative economic viewpoints and an...
Tipping is a mysterious phenomenon, being one of the few economic transactions which happens volunta...
Tipping in American restaurants has become a social norm deep-rooted into society since the 19th cen...
Using survey data, we identify a variety of factors that influence tipping behavior and in the proce...
In many countries around the world, consumers leave voluntary payments of money (called “tips”) to s...
Tipping is an important economic phenomenon, involving about $47Â billion a year in the US food indu...
Since its origins in 18th-century English pubs, tipping has become a custom involving numerous profe...
When dining in a restaurant or having a drink at a bar, do you tip? If yes, what do you base the tip...
As tipping is consider a main source or additional income for millions of service personnel and clos...