Ethical Brand Journal

Welcome to the first iteration of the eb™ Journal. At this stage, it contains over one thousand academic papers and other research that have been produced over several decades by over two thousand authors from around the world. The vast majority are selected because they use terms such as ethical brand and ethical branding to characterise settings and outcomes in many different techno-industrial consumption contexts that concern the social, economic and environmental well-being of humanity.

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The Impact Of Price And Size Comparisons On Consumer Perception And Choice

In packaged-goods retailing, manufacturers and retailers seek to set price levels and select package sizes such that their products are optimally competitive. In doing so they can choose to Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Jun Yao, Harmen Oppewal, Yongfu He
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Consumer’s Local-Global Identity And Price-Quality Association

Previous literature documents multiple factors that influence consumers’ price-quality associations (PQA)—their tendency to use price as an indicator of perceived quality, including prior Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Zhiyong Yang, Sijie Sun, Ashok K. Lalwani, Narayanan Janakiraman
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Material Gifts As Relationship Mnemonics: Why More Material Gifts Are Given Than Wanted?

How do people choose material and experiential purchases when these purchases are intended as gifts for others? Following van Boven and Gilovich’s (2003) initial distinction between material and Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Adelle X. Yang, Minjung Koo, Jaewon Hwang
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Why Do People Who Have More Enjoy Horror More?

From horror films and TV series to haunted house attractions and terrifying Halloween goods, people consume a wide variety of horror-related experiences and products. In fact, the market demand for Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Haiyang Yang, Kuangjie Zhang
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Do You Trust The System? Interaction Effect Between Perceived Economic Mobility And Socioeconomic

The increasing inequality of wealth in modern societies may limit the ability of low socioeconomic status (SES) consumers to achieve a higher SES. Although there have been extensive studies on Read More »

Date: 2018
Author: Chun-Ming Yang, Chia-Chi Chang
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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