Jazemi Reza, Farahani Sajede, Otieno Wilkistar, Jang Jaejin
Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Mar 9;14(3):222. doi: 10.3390/bs14030222.
Panic buying poses significant challenges for individuals and societies. This paper provides a literature review on the process by which a pandemic crisis evolves into panic buying behavior. The review offers a comprehensive perspective on studies related to panic buying and mitigation efforts, categorizing them based on their contributions in three stages: factors influencing panic buying, the process of transforming panic into increased demand and stockpiling, and applicable intervention strategies to mitigate panic situations. The paper introduces the Socio-Economic Framework of Panic (SEFP) to illustrate the interaction between demand and supply during a panic. The review identifies a lack of quantitative models explicitly correlating influencing factors with panic and estimating panic demand. Additionally, it reveals that suggested intervention strategies often lack practical implementation guidelines. Using the SEFP, the importance of considering interventions at various stages is highlighted, ranging from controlling influencing factors and panic demands to overseeing stockpiling and supply-related activities. The paper also identifies research gaps in both qualitative and quantitative modeling, policymaking, and governance.
恐慌性购买给个人和社会带来了重大挑战。本文对大流行危机演变为恐慌性购买行为的过程进行了文献综述。该综述提供了关于恐慌性购买及缓解措施相关研究的全面视角，根据其在三个阶段的贡献对这些研究进行了分类：影响恐慌性购买的因素、恐慌转变为需求增加和囤货的过程，以及缓解恐慌情况的适用干预策略。本文引入了恐慌的社会经济框架（SEFP）来阐释恐慌期间需求与供给之间的相互作用。该综述指出，缺乏将影响因素与恐慌明确关联并估算恐慌性需求的定量模型。此外，研究表明，建议的干预策略往往缺乏实际实施指南。利用SEFP，强调了在各个阶段考虑干预措施的重要性，从控制影响因素和恐慌性需求到监督囤货及与供应相关的活动。本文还指出了定性和定量建模、政策制定及治理方面的研究空白。
