Scope Insensitivity in Debt Repayment

We show that scope insensitivity can be used to help consumers pay off their credit card debt. Using both lab studies and field data, we show that consumers pay off more of their debt if their payment frequency is increased, a change to which they are largely insensitive.



Citation:

Daniel Mochon, Nina Mazar, and Dan Ariely (2018) ,"Scope Insensitivity in Debt Repayment", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46, eds. Andrew Gershoff, Robert Kozinets, and Tiffany White, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 252-257.

Authors

Daniel Mochon, Tulane University, USA
Nina Mazar, Boston University, USA
Dan Ariely, Duke University, USA



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46 | 2018



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