摘要:

In recent years, rising market concentration has been cited as an indicator of deregulation‐induced troubles within the U.S. commercial airline industry. In this paper, a contestable market framework is used to examine whether changes in market concentration increased airfares in 19 different destination markets at three different points in time. The empirical analyses indicate that concentration measures gained in importance in setting airfares during the 1980s suggesting that market contestability may have declined. The estimates also show that the demand for air travel, on average, became more own‐price elastic over the 1980s for the 19 destination cities analy

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00812.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This study examined the relation between family communication patterns (FCP) and mothers' marketplace motivations, attitudes, and behaviors (MAB). Adolescents' prediction accuracy of mothers' consumption motivations was also investigated. Results indicate mothers' materialistic and shopping tendencies, advertising attitudes, information use, and consumption motivations are linked to FCP. Adolescents' predictions of mothers' consumption motivations coincided with mothers' self‐reported motivations. The findings suggest that FCP may play a role in the acquisition of marketplace MA

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00813.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The area of product safety and products liability legislation has been the subject of a great deal of academic research. Policymakers and business executives have been surveyed to determine their attitudes toward liability and product safety concerns. In addition, a substantial amount of research has focused on the impact of products liability trial outcomes on business and public policy. However, there are relatively few studies reporting opinions, attitudes, and predispositions of consumers regarding relevant liability topics. This article explores the consumer perspective on several critical questions relating to products liability and product safety. The results indicate a wide divergence of opinion exists among consumers on key issues shaping current trends in the products liability legal environment. Implications for consumers, business, and public policy are discussed.

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00814.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Trends in consumer installment credit over the period 1980 to 1989 are discussed; as well, a two‐equation recursive model is developed to identify and assess the impact of installment credit on food expenditures. The first equation concerns factors affecting the ratio of consumer installment credit to personal disposable income, namely habit persistence, expected income, the prime interest rate, the unemployment rate, and the percentage of the population aged 25 to 44. The second equation focuses on factors affecting real per capita food expenditures, namely the real price of food, real per capita personal disposable income, seasonality, and a polynomial distributed lag of the measure of the ratio of consumer installment credit to personal disposable income from the first equation. The ratio of installment credit to personal disposable income has a positive effect on food expenditures; over the long run a one percent change in this ratio leads to a 0.15 percent change in real per capita food expenditures. On average, it takes just over six months for a change in this ratio to be transferred to food expenditure

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00815.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper assesses the impact of recall‐specific variables on owner response rates to automotive safety recall campaigns under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. Using a multiple regression framework, the paper finds that owner response rates have been significantly higher for owners of American vehicles as compared to European and Japanese vehicles, for owners of newer model vehicles as compared to older ones, and for owners of vehicles with severe safety‐related defects as compared to vehicles with lesser problems. The paper concludes with the suggestion that, for vehicles with characteristically lower owner response rates, the issuance of multiple recall notices or the coupling of periodic safety inspections with recall compliance may be advisa

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00816.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper investigates the relationship of automobile attributes and household characteristics to consumer preferences for Japanese cars. The analysis was confined to households that purchased new cars in 1986 and employed two‐stage probit analysis. Results indicate that the coefficients of five automobile quality attributes are statistically significant while the coefficients of most household characteristics are not significant. Households interested in more fuel efficient and heavier cars as well as cars with lower depreciation rates and a lower frequency of repair are more likely to buy Japanese than non‐Japanese cars. The fact that households buy Japanese automobiles because of quality considerations not because they are small has implications for the U.S. automobile industry which faces increased competition in a global econ

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00817.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper examines the loss of value incurred when a consumer takes retail delivery of a car. Statistical tests of percentage and absolute losses from taking retail delivery show the loss of value is not unique to new cars and is actually more pronounced for older used cars. analysis of this loss shows the effect is not as great as is commonly believed and is more due to transaction costs of the deal than to any underlying loss of asset value of the car. The implication is that consumers wishing to avoid a large percentage loss of value on a transaction cannot easily do so by avoiding the new car market.

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00818.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Recently, a small number of consumer researchers have voiced concern regarding the question of how and to what degree advertising involving thin/attractive endorsers is linked with chronic dieting, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorders in American females. To explore the broader context of this important and controversial issue, this paper draws upon a variety of disciplines and suggests directions for future research. First is a discussion of problems associated with chronic dieting and the diet industry. Next is an exploration of the prevalence, concomitants, and origins of body dissatisfaction in American females. The paper discusses existing advertising research that gives rise to several important propositions regarding the nature of the link between advertising and body dissatisfaction. The conculsion consists of recommendations for research and a brief discussion of public policy implications.

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00819.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The use of open‐end consumer credit to finance risk is becoming increasingly popular, but has long been overlooked in the literature on household risk management. This paper derives explicit conditions under which credit financing is superior to insurance policies, product service plans, and self‐insurance as a means of financing risk. Implications for consumers, manufacturers, insurers, creditors, and public policymakers are discus

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00820.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Faculty at research universities face the challenge of doing research that both interests consumer agencies and possesses academic credibility. The Center for Consumer Research at the University of California, Davis, evolved an approach for doing this based on ecological methodology, an action research model, multi‐channel dissemination, and post‐research evaluation. The lessons learned during the 16‐year history of this nondepartmental center should be of interest to consumer resear

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1994.tb00821.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY