ĎURINÍK, Michal. Anchoring in willingness-to-pay decisions: An experimental comparison of two research approaches. Ekonomická revue. Vysoká škola báňská-Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2015, vol. 18, No 4, p. 147-152. ISSN 1212-3951. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.7327/cerei.2015.12.01.
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Original name Anchoring in willingness-to-pay decisions: An experimental comparison of two research approaches
Authors ĎURINÍK, Michal (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Ekonomická revue, Vysoká škola báňská-Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2015, 1212-3951.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50200 5.2 Economics and Business
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14560/15:00086929
Organization unit Faculty of Economics and Administration
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.7327/cerei.2015.12.01
Keywords in English Anchoring; experiment; methodology; willingness to pay
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Abstract
Businesses can increase customers’ willingness to pay by simply displaying multi-digit numbers, utilizing the anchoring effect. This paper compares two methodological approaches to test for the anchoring effect experimentally: a hypothetical one (subjects answering what-if questions) and a real situation (subjects making decisions involving their own real money). Although previous studies have examined anchoring in each of these settings separately, no direct comparison is available to date. In this paper, we conduct an experiment to compare anchoring in a hypothetical and a real-purchase setting. As hypothesized, the anchoring effect is more prevalent in the hypothetical than in the real-purchase condition. This produces some concerns regarding the suitability of the methods used to examine the anchoring effect.
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