The Mediated Influence of a Traceability Label on Consumer’s Willingness to Buy the Labelled Product

This paper investigates the effectiveness of a new traceability label on consumer willingness to buy the labelled product and whether the effect is mediated by moral affective evaluations of the product. A between-subjects factorial design was used to test (a) the effect of a new traceability label...

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Authors: Bradu, Cosmina (Author) ; Orquin, Jacob L. (Author) ; Thøgersen, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2014
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 124, Issue: 2, Pages: 283-295
Further subjects:B Traceability
B Chocolate
B Consumer willingness-to-buy
B Labelling
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