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Distinguishing Two Forms Of Consumer Uncertainty

Probability is a janus-faced concept. Probability can be conceptualized either as the quantification of stochastic events (aleatory uncertainty) or as subjective degrees of beliefs (epistemic Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Gülden Ülkümen, David Tannenbaum, Craig R. Fox
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Ethical Consumption Or Consumption Of Ethical Products? An Exploratory Analysis Of Motivations

Ethical consumption has long been considered a direct result of positive ethical attitudes and intentions of consumers. Ethical consumers have been classified as those who hold positive attitudes and Read More »

Date: 01/2013
Author: Lara Spiteri Cornish
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Default Effects Under Pay-What-You-Want: Evidence From The Field

Pay-what-you-want pricing is a flexible pricing system which allows consumers to pay any price they want, typically including very small amounts or even $0. A classically selfish consumer might be Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Hannah Perfecto, Minah H. Jung, Leif D. Nelson, Ayelet Gneezy, Uri Gneezy
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Squeezed: Effects Of Constraint On Consumer Planning

This research investigates the relationship between different types of consumer planning and resource constraint. The connection between resource constraint and planning has been acknowledged in Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Philip M. Fernbach, John G. Lynch, Christina Kan
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Financial Constraint Induces A Shift Toward Material Versus Experiential Purchases Through Long

As people try to spend their money in ways that maximize their happiness, they need to trade off investments in experiential versus material purchases. Past research has shown that money allocated to Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Stephanie M. Tully, Hal E. Hershfield, Tom Meyvis
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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