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Pay-what-you-want, identity, and self-signaling in markets.


ABSTRACT: We investigate the role of identity and self-image consideration under "pay-what-you-want" pricing. Results from three field experiments show that often, when granted the opportunity to name the price of a product, fewer consumers choose to buy it than when the price is fixed and low. We show that this opt-out behavior is driven largely by individuals' identity and self-image concerns; individuals feel bad when they pay less than the "appropriate" price, causing them to pass on the opportunity to purchase the product altogether.

SUBMITTER: Gneezy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358869 | biostudies-other | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Pay-what-you-want, identity, and self-signaling in markets.

Gneezy Ayelet A   Gneezy Uri U   Riener Gerhard G   Nelson Leif D LD  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120423 19


We investigate the role of identity and self-image consideration under "pay-what-you-want" pricing. Results from three field experiments show that often, when granted the opportunity to name the price of a product, fewer consumers choose to buy it than when the price is fixed and low. We show that this opt-out behavior is driven largely by individuals' identity and self-image concerns; individuals feel bad when they pay less than the "appropriate" price, causing them to pass on the opportunity t  ...[more]

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