How do consumers react when they have acquired identity-linked products in order to associate with a specific group, only to later be rejected from this group? The present research seeks to answer Read More »
Consumer giving has steadily declined over the last few years (Giving USA 2010). When consumers do give, approximately 50% are motivated to only give once and not give again (Nonprofit Times 2003). Read More »
Despite the fact that social connections are central facets of daily social life, and loneliness influences most people’s quality of life, relatively little empirical attention has been devoted to Read More »
In his original conception of expected utility, Daniel Bernoulli (1738; 1954) proposed that individuals generally have diminishing marginal utility (DMU). Much in the same way that an additional Read More »
Consumers can feel guilty about money, for instance, when they receive a product refund by stretching the truth or obtain a pay raise by exaggerating their contribution to a project. Given that Read More »