The moderating role of childhood socio-economic status on the impact of the nudging effect on the perceived threat of coronavirus and stockpiling intention

Kim, Jungkeun, Giroux, Marilyn, Kim, Jae-Eun, Choi, Yung Kyun, Gonzalez-Jimenez, Hector, Lee, Jacob C., Park, Jooyoung, Jang, Seongsoo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5948-0876 and Kim, Seongseop (Sam) 2021. The moderating role of childhood socio-economic status on the impact of the nudging effect on the perceived threat of coronavirus and stockpiling intention. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 59 , 102362. 10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102362

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Abstract

Communications that include nudges and framing strategies are ubiquitous in our daily lives. In this paper, we investigate how different nudging strategies during a public health campaign, particularly supplementary information and statistics, influence perceptions of threat and stockpiling intentions, while also considering the role of childhood socioeconomic status. Specifically, building upon prior work in behavioral economics, we hypothesize that the presence of additional statistics elicits lower perceived threat and intention to stockpile. In addition, we predict find that the childhood socioeconomic status of individuals influences these effects. Three studies offer evidence for those predictions and demonstrate the importance of message framing in uncertain circumstances. Overall, this work contributes to the literature on nudging and life history theory by investigating how communication strategies can be used to increase or decrease perceived threat in order to achieve desired outcomes (e.g., limiting stockpiling or respecting social distancing).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0969-6989
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 October 2020
Date of Acceptance:	20 October 2020
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2024 04:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/135881

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