Consumer Protection

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Within-Category Versus Cross-Category Substitution In Food Consumption

Substitutes are goods that can replace one another by satisfying, at least partly, the same consumers’ needs (Nicholson 1998). When a desired product is not available or its price is deemed too Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Young Eun Huh, Carey K. Morewedge, Joachim Vosgerau
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Effects Of Construal Level On Omission Detection And Multiattribute Evaluation

Consumers often rely on limited information that is readily available while neglecting missing information. Research has demonstrated that insensitivity to missing information results in Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Hélène Deval, Bruce E. Pfeiffer, Frank R. Kardes, Douglas R. Ewing, Maria L Cronley, Xiaoqi Han
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Temptation’s Itch: Goals, Self-Discourse And Money Management Practices While In A Debt

This study examines long-term consumer temptation. We chose the context of consumers enrolled in a debt management program (DMP) as their history of getting into debt, and relatively constrained Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Mary Wolfinbarger Celsi, Stephanie Dellande, Russel Nelson, Mary C. Gilly
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Walking Away From Compensatory Consumption: Self-Acceptance Changes Threat Appraisal

Consumer behavior researchers have documented that individuals frequently try to avoid threatening information by engaging in compensatory consumption—the increased purchase of or actual Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Soo Kim, David Gal
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Abstract Art As An Emotional Buffer

Art plays an important cultural role by acting as a medium of communication for important sources of information. Given this role, it is not surprising that art has permeated consumption specific Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Lea H. Dunn, Rui (Juliet) Zhu
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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