ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00848.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00849.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

We propose six tasks Colston Warne would urge in addressing health care reform: (1) skepticism about advertised claims, (2) independent testing and appraisal, (3) minimizing barriers to consumer access and choice, (4) maximizing quality, (5) evaluation of fairness, and (6) assessing consumer empowerment potential. Such an exercise would likely have led him and should lead us to advocate single‐payer health reform. Consumers are the key to breaking through the grid‐lock blocking health reform, and single payer is the key for unlocking the democratic dialogue needed for moving forward. Thus we need to stop “fighting over the bill”and instead begin building a better health

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00850.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The Index of Consumer Expectations (ICE), which includes expenditures on durable goods, has been adopted as a leading indicator of national economic activity. A rational expectations model of the ICE was developed and the economic determinants of consumers' expectations were estimated. Aggregate expenditures on durable goods were explained by an endogenous ICE and sentiment about current economic conditions. Consumers were more likely to purchase durable goods when they felt better off in the current period relative to the future.

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00851.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This research explored comparisons between matched pairs of husbands and wives on a system of strategies used to do family food shopping. Generally, husbands and wives were similar in strategies which related to time management, store loyalty, and in‐store shopping. There were notable anomalies in the conceptualization of some of the strategies, as well as significant differences in the use of task management strategies to prepare for food shopping and in the importance of various store characteristics. Suggestions for research are based on extending the role theory and systems approach in studying family food shoppin

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00852.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Vacuum packaging represents an alternative way of providing fresh beef to food shoppers. However, the air‐tight seal leads to the beef having a brownish‐red color in the package. Consequently, there is an information gap between consumers' perception of red indicating quality fresh beef and the appearance in vacuum packaging. A regression model is estimated using scan data to compare four cuts of steak in the two types of packaging. Results suggest that the information gap is a problem for three lower priced steaks but not for filet mig

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00853.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The characteristics of demand are examined for the state lottery in Massachusetts, which leads the nation in per capita sales. Cross‐sectional OLS regressions of sales per capita are calculated for 1983 and 1990 for each lottery product using explanatory variables representing education, income, race, ethnicity, and age. The results suggest that the lottery no longer exhibits the degree of tax progressivity it had in earlier years and is currently a regressive source of government revenue. While sales of all lottery products consistently decrease with increasing education levels, this inverse relationship has moderated over time. Ethnicity and race are also becoming less of a factor though race is perhaps still important for lottery products combining relatively small payoffs with a high probability of winning. From 1983 to 1990, the 65 and over age group became a significant factor in raising per capita sales of the Massachusetts lottery, thus raising issues of generational and distributional equit

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00854.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Based on an empirical analysis, this paper presents models of the determinants of consumers' perceptions of health and safety risks of eight frequently used products. Using eight variables that have been postulated by researchers to be determinants of perceived risk, multiple linear regression models were developed for each product. These models indicate that different products have different determinants of perceived risk.

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00855.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The term CONSUMERISM has had a variety of meanings over its relatively brief history. Coined in obscurity, the word was given negative connotations by business apologists before finally being adopted by the consumer movement to describe its activities. However, an unrelated and highly prejudicial meaning has been gaining currency. As a result, there are increasing possibilities for misunderstanding and negative responses to the term CONSUMERISM from the public.

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00856.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This study examines willingness to repurchase a Toyota among 335 Toyota owners, 246 who had participated in a class action suit against Toyota and 89 who had not participated. It also examines attitudes toward auto dealers and manufacturers and includes a psychographic measure of global consumer loyalty. Respondents were interviewed one to two years after participants had received a cash settlement to compensate for illegal overcharging. Multivariate analysis indicates that compared to nonparticipants, settlement participants, especially those satisfied with the settlement, were more willing to repurchase a Toyota and were less positive in their attitudes toward the Toyota manufacturer. Positive attitudes toward the Toyota manufacturer and dealers were associated with higher repurchase willingness, while positive attitudes toward other dealers and manufacturers were associated with lower repurchase willingness. Consumer loyalty was associated with higher repurchase willingness. These findings and their implications are discussed in terms of several theoretical frameworks.

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00857.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY