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Price perceptions of 120 homemakers were assessed for one product using social judgment theory. In keeping with the theory, the homemakers' latitudes of acceptance, rejection, and noncommitment were established in a laboratory experiment. Product involvement and price sensitivity were manipulated, and their impact on the respective latitudes was measured. Implications for price strategy based on the analysis are presented.
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Cummings, W.T., Ostrom, L.L. Measuring price thresholds using social judgment theory. JAMS 10, 395–409 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02729343
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