Marketing LettersPub Date : 2023-11-18DOI: 10.1007/s11002-023-09710-6
Michael Canty, Felix Josua Lang, Susanne Jana Adler, Marcel Lichters, Marko Sarstedt
{"title":"Caffeine’s complex influence on the attraction effect: a mixed bag of outcomes","authors":"Michael Canty, Felix Josua Lang, Susanne Jana Adler, Marcel Lichters, Marko Sarstedt","doi":"10.1007/s11002-023-09710-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-023-09710-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Psychological state alterations induced by substance-related physiological mechanisms affect consumer decision-making. We examine the influence of caffeine—the world’s most popular psychostimulant—on the attraction effect. In three double-blinded experiments, we show that caffeine intake via coffee influences consumers’ preference for product options that asymmetrically dominate a decoy option in choice sets (i.e., the attraction effect). Using real products in consequential choice tasks, we show that high caffeine intake (200 mg) is associated with a larger attraction effect both on between-subjects and within-subjects levels and in free-choice as well as forced-choice decision tasks. On the contrary, we do not find support for caffeine’s influence on the attraction effect when considering intermediate levels of caffeine intake (125 mg) and hypothetical decisions. We discuss theoretical implications for context effect research and practical implications for marketers.</p>","PeriodicalId":48068,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Letters","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138520890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marketing LettersPub Date : 2023-11-13DOI: 10.1007/s11002-023-09712-4
Simon J. Blanchard, Remi Trudel
{"title":"Life insurance, loss aversion, and temporal orientation: a field experiment and replication with young adults","authors":"Simon J. Blanchard, Remi Trudel","doi":"10.1007/s11002-023-09712-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-023-09712-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48068,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Letters","volume":"13 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136347393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marketing LettersPub Date : 2023-11-03DOI: 10.1007/s11002-023-09709-z
Erin Percival Carter, Lawrence E. Williams, Nicholas Light
{"title":"Consumers’ minimum time investments in meaningful consumption","authors":"Erin Percival Carter, Lawrence E. Williams, Nicholas Light","doi":"10.1007/s11002-023-09709-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-023-09709-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48068,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Letters","volume":"129 S199","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135818966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marketing LettersPub Date : 2023-11-03DOI: 10.1007/s11002-023-09707-1
Jana Gross, Renaud Lunardo
{"title":"Online communication styles of narcissistic content and low versus high social media engagement: evidence from Instagram","authors":"Jana Gross, Renaud Lunardo","doi":"10.1007/s11002-023-09707-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-023-09707-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48068,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Letters","volume":"20 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135868149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marketing LettersPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1007/s11002-023-09708-0
In-Hye Kang, Taehoon Park
{"title":"Renting as a coping strategy: the effect of unethical product attributes on the choice between renting and buying","authors":"In-Hye Kang, Taehoon Park","doi":"10.1007/s11002-023-09708-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-023-09708-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48068,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Letters","volume":"77 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135321635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marketing LettersPub Date : 2023-10-16DOI: 10.1007/s11002-023-09699-y
Frank Goedertier, Bert Weijters, Joeri Van den Bergh, Ole Schacht
{"title":"What does sustainability mean in the minds of consumers? A multi-country panel study","authors":"Frank Goedertier, Bert Weijters, Joeri Van den Bergh, Ole Schacht","doi":"10.1007/s11002-023-09699-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-023-09699-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48068,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Letters","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136113449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marketing LettersPub Date : 2023-10-02DOI: 10.1007/s11002-023-09703-5
Beatriz L. Bonetti, Shreyans Goenka, Frank May
{"title":"The effect of firm size on perceived product healthiness","authors":"Beatriz L. Bonetti, Shreyans Goenka, Frank May","doi":"10.1007/s11002-023-09703-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-023-09703-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48068,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Letters","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135833766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marketing LettersPub Date : 2023-10-02DOI: 10.1007/s11002-023-09705-3
Jason Yiu-chung Ho, Jehoshua Eliashberg, Charles B. Weinberg, Berend Wierenga
{"title":"On enjoying watching movies in a theatre versus at home: a comparative analysis","authors":"Jason Yiu-chung Ho, Jehoshua Eliashberg, Charles B. Weinberg, Berend Wierenga","doi":"10.1007/s11002-023-09705-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11002-023-09705-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48068,"journal":{"name":"Marketing Letters","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135833166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}