The determinants of panic buying during a public health crisis : an application of the health belief model, perceived scarcity, and anticipated regret theories

• Main Author: Chua, Grace Chui Ling
• Other Authors: Yuen Kum Fai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Maritime studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150439
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an unmatched level of panic buying globally, a type of herd behaviour whereby consumers buy an uncommonly huge amount of products because of a perception of scarcity. This creates huge supply chain disruptions at the international level because the excessive buying by...