Influence of consumer online resale awareness on purchase decisions: a mental accounting perspective
Influence of consumer online resale awareness on purchase decisions: a mental accounting perspective
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DOI:
10.1108/ejm-12-2010-0665
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发表时间:
2013-09
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Shuling Liao;Hsunchi Chu
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作者:
Shuling Liao;Hsunchi Chu
Purpose – Consumer online resale is becoming an increasingly common method of both buying and selling goods. When an item can be easily resold online, consumers' subjective estimation of the value of that item changes in complex ways based on consumption cost and resale return. This in turn can affect consumers' decisions to purchase new products. The authors aim to apply the principles of mental accounting to investigate how consumers' economic psychology associated with buying a new product is affected when an awareness of the possibility of online resale is aroused. Design/methodology/approach – Three studies with between-subjects designs were conducted online to examine the effects of consumer awareness of a resaleable item on purchase intention of a new item under different situations. Findings – The results indicate that: consumers' awareness of the resale value of an already possessed product can influence their decision to purchase a new product; and when the product to be resold is the same type ...