[PDF][PDF] “If you don't buy it, it's gone!”: The effect of perceived scarcity on panic buying

C Cao, C Chu, J Yang - Electronic Research Archive, 2023 - aimspress.com
To identify the mechanisms by which perceived scarcity affects consumers' panic-buying
behaviours and to explore the underlying reasons for panic-buying. Building on signalling …

Social determinants of panic buying behaviour amidst COVID-19 pandemic: The role of perceived scarcity and anticipated regret

KF Yuen, LS Tan, YD Wong, X Wang - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Panic buying behaviour is inherently undesirable due to its detrimental impact on
community's resources and disruptions to supply chain systems. The prevailing COVID-19 …

Impact of Scarcity on Panic Buying: Assessing the Mediating Role of Anxiety and the Moderating Role of Event Perception

C Lianjie, A Ahmad, AAM Kassim - International Journal of …, 2023 - openaccessojs.com
Purpose: The main aim of this research is to explore the factors that contribute to panic
buying behavior and to propose ideas for government control in such events. Theoretical …

What is enough? The impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis on consumers' panic-buying behaviour

CA Yassin - The Academic Journal of Contemporary …, 2022 - ajccr.journals.ekb.eg
During the war crisis, consumers tended to panic buy products out of fear of publicising
news that products would be scarce. Additionally, during the same period, customers' …

The panic buying behavior of consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the influences of uncertainty, perceptions of severity, perceptions of scarcity, and …

NA Omar, MA Nazri, MH Ali, SS Alam - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The lack of a vaccine for COVID-19 and the limited amount of reliable data on the cessation
of the disease have made people feel more vulnerable to the disease. As a result, people in …

Panic buying in the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country examination

T Islam, AH Pitafi, V Arya, Y Wang, N Akhtar… - Journal of Retailing and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The global crisis of COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the world economy and healthcare,
igniting much fear, panic, and uncertainty among billions of people. As lockdowns being …

The determinants of panic buying during COVID-19

G Chua, KF Yuen, X Wang, YD Wong - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an unmatched level of panic buying globally, a type of
herd behavior whereby consumers buy an uncommonly huge amount of products because …

Factors that Influence the Mechanism of Panic Buying: The Moderating Role of Personal Cognition

C Lianjie, ARS Albattat… - International Journal of …, 2023 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Purpose: The main aim of this research is to analyse the factors that contribute to panic
buying behaviour and to give recommendations on government control tactics that might be …

Antecedents and consequences of panic buying: The case of COVID‐19

C Prentice, S Quach, P Thaichon - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Panic buying emerged as a significant phenomenon during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This
study draws on the scarcity principle, crowd psychology and contagion theory to investigate …

'Should I Buy, Hoard, or Hide?'-Consumers' responses to perceived scarcity

S Gupta, JW Gentry - … Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Scarce shopping situations often seem to have a greater value for consumers and trigger
extreme behaviors. This study examines the effects of scarcity that is strategically created by …