Ryšių tarp Europos Sąjungos valstybių vartotojų ekonominių lūkesčių tyrimas
Linkages of Consumer Confidence among European Union Countries

Summary/Abstract: In this article we present a method to reveal linkages among European Union countries under determinants of consumer confidence. Our empirical research results have shown that EU countries are linked among themselves under psychological factors influence to consumer confidence partly by geographical manner. Northern Europe countries – Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are linked by “rational” consumer confidence formation bias, while Western Europe countries – Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Southern Europe countries – Portugal, Italy and Greece are linked by „emotional“ consumer confidence formation bias.

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