Identifier
etd-11132013-233423
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Marketing (Business Administration)
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
This dissertation investigates choice scenarios where consumer preference is a non-linear function of determinant product attributes. Chapter One reviews the extant literature, identifies a number of research questions, develops a conceptual framework, and creates a propositional inventory; a central aspect of the conceptual framework is a proposed typology consisting of a two (mechanism: attribute tradeoff or target-attribute matching) by two (attributes: single or multiple) classification scheme. Two empirical essays test the conceptual model in a single attribute context (Chapter Two) and a multi-attribute context (Chapter Three). The purpose of the dissertation is to advance our understanding of the cognitive mechanisms that are responsible for various types of preference parabolas and to identify the factors that affect these quadratic functions.
Date
2013
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Sun, Jie, "A typology of consumer preference parabolas" (2013). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 619.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/619
Committee Chair
Niedrich, Ronald W.
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.619