Poverty is associated with a wide range of counterproductive economic behaviors. Scarcity theory proposes that poverty itself induces a scarcity mindset, w
Based on the above literature on scarcity, cognitive load, and self-control, we speculate that a feeling or mindset of scarcity makes the engagement in PEBs rather unlikely because carrying out a certain PEB requires self-control and deliberate decision making. In this vein and as proposed above...