When We See the Forest: Value-For-Money Contrast in Cross Category Referencing

This research explores whether thinking about something from a different and unrelated product category, i.e. cross category referencing (CCR), can influence consumers’ decision-making. A mediation analysis shows that the value for money contrast between the focal product and the cross category referent mediated the observed CCR impact on choice.



Citation:

Weixing Ford and Parthasarathy Krishnamurthy (2014) ,"When We See the Forest: Value-For-Money Contrast in Cross Category Referencing", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42, eds. June Cotte, Stacy Wood, and , Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 784-784.

Authors

Weixing Ford, University of Houston, USA
Parthasarathy Krishnamurthy, University of Houston, USA



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42 | 2014



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