Opportunity cost in consumer behavior: Definitions, operationalizations, and ambiguities

B Haghpour, E Sahabeh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human beings have countless desires but bounded resources, and this limitation makes
them choose between alternatives. Consumers are encouraged to be aware of the best …

Psychological analysis of consumer intertemporal decisions

SA Malkoc, G Zauberman - Consumer Psychology Review, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many consumer decisions involve trade‐offs of benefits and costs distributed over time.
Such decisions are often referred to as intertemporal decisions. The current review …

Offering the right incentive at the right time: Leveraging customer mental accounting to promote prepaid service

S Qiu, L Wu, Y Yang, G Zeng - Annals of Tourism Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study investigates promotional techniques to improve the sales of prepaid
service. Drawing on mental accounting theory, this research examines the impacts of two …

Consumer sensitivity to delivery lead time: a furniture retail case

G Marino, G Zotteri, F Montagna - International Journal of Physical …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose Short delivery time is a feature that can influence consumers' purchasing decisions
and that retailers compete over fiercely. Accordingly, evaluating the effect of delivery time on …

Midfrontal theta and pupil dilation parametrically track subjective conflict (but also surprise) during intertemporal choice

H Lin, B Saunders, CA Hutcherson, M Inzlicht - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
Many everyday choices are based on personal, subjective preferences. When choosing
between two options, we often feel conflicted, especially when trading off costs and benefits …

Regulatory focus and construal level theory on low-income consumer indebtedness: Evidence from an emerging market

PO Campos, MF Costa - International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to further analyse the decision-making process of low-income
consumer from an emerging market by verifying the influence of regulatory focus and …

The art of influencing consumer choices: a reflection on recent advances in decision neuroscience

N Bault, E Rusconi - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, our knowledge concerning the neurobiology of choice has increased
tremendously. Research in the field of decision-making has identified important brain …

The role of implicit theories in consumer intertemporal preference

M Shirai - Journal of Consumer Marketing, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate the psychological process of intertemporal choices
between larger-later and smaller-sooner monetary options. Prior research showed …

When does the present end and the future begin?

HE Hershfield, SJ Maglio - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Through the process of prospection, people can mentally travel in time to summon in their
mind's eye events that have yet to occur. Such depictions of the future often differ than those …

Interplay between benefit appeal and valence framing in reducing smoking behavior: Evidence from a field experience

N Nobel - Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death globally, yet it remains a
common behavior. Interventions that increase the concreteness of future smoking outcomes …