Information avoidance, selective exposure, and fake (?) news: theory and experimental evidence on green consumption

We investigate self-serving information avoidance by consumers when revelation is stochastic and the revealed information is potentially erroneous. Our formal considerations based on a cognitive dissonance model suggest that the size of the price difference between product options determines if info...

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Hauptverfasser: Momsen, Katharina (VerfasserIn) , Ohndorf, Markus (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: January 2022
In: Journal of economic psychology
Year: 2022, Jahrgang: 88, Pages: 1-21
ISSN:0167-4870
DOI:10.1016/j.joep.2021.102457
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2021.102457
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487021000878
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Verfasserangaben:Katharina Momsen, Markus Ohndorf

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