Fred van Raaij

Willem Frederik (Fred) van Raaij (born 1944) is a Dutch psychologist and professor.

He studied psychology and data analysis at the Leiden University and worked at the University of Twente (1970-1972), the Catholic University Tilburg (1972-1976 and 1977-1979) and the University of Illinois (1976-1977). He was then professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1979-2000) and Tilburg University (from 2000).[1]

His field of study is economic psychology with a specialisation in (marketing) communication, consumer financial behaviour, environmentally friendly consumer behaviour and energy saving in households. He is the founder (1981) and first editor of the Journal of Economic Psychology.[2] He received an honorary doctorate from the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland in 2006.[3]

He was chairman of the GVR (Genootschap voor Reclame - Association for Marketing Communication) and board member of the SWOCC (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Commerciële Communicatie - Foundation for Scientific Research on Commercial Communication) at the University of Amsterdam.[1]

Most cited articles
  • Van Raaij WF, Francken DA. Vacation decisions, activities, and satisfactions. Annals of Tourism Research. 1984 Jan 1;11(1):101-12. (Cited 507 times, according to Google Scholar. [4])
  • Van Raaij, W.F. and Verhallen, T.M., 1983. A behavioral model of residential energy use. Journal of economic psychology, 3(1), pp.39-63. (open access) (Cited 497 times, according to Google Scholar. [4])
  • Francken, D.A. and Van Raaij, W.F., 1981. Satisfaction with leisure time activities. Journal of leisure Research, 13(4), pp.337-352.(Cited 437 times, according to Google Scholar <GS />
  • Van Houwelingen, J.H. and Van Raaij, W.F., 1989. The effect of goal-setting and daily electronic feedback on in-home energy use. Journal of consumer research, 16(1), pp.98-105. (Cited 433 times, according to Google Scholar. [4])
  • Van Raaij, W.F., 1986. Consumer research on tourism mental and behavioral constructs. Annals of Tourism Research, 13(1), pp.1-9. (Cited 315 times, according to Google Scholar. [4])

References
  1. "Fred van Raaij". Tilburg University Research Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. Alós-Ferrer, Carlos; Yechiam, Eldad (2020-10-01). "At the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Journal of Economic Psychology: Standards, practices, and challenges". Journal of Economic Psychology. 80: 102309. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2020.102309. ISSN 0167-4870. S2CID 225363103.
  3. "List of Honorary Doctors in Economic Sciences from the Aalto University, Finland, from 1934 to 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  4. Google Scholar Author page, Accessed Jan. 27, 2022
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