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The influence of product aesthetics on consumer inference making

Abstract:

Product aesthetics can enhance consumer welfare in numerous ways. Aside from simply making products more pleasurable, product aesthetics can also influence the inferences that consumers make about functional attributes. In some instances, an attractive design can accurately provide information regarding utility. In other instances, however, an attractive design can be a misleading signal that prompts consumers to assume more utility than justified. Across five studies, the present research ex...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1086/705033

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Oxford college:
Green Templeton College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-6173-1371
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research Journal website
Volume:
4
Issue:
4
Pages:
398-408
Publication date:
2019-07-24
Acceptance date:
2019-05-01
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ISSN:
2378-1815
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:1022333
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uuid:6f7566a0-986a-4cf8-a879-f018bb4eda1c
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pubs:1022333
Source identifiers:
1022333
Deposit date:
2019-06-25

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