Título Moderating the Relationship Between Price and Perceived Value of Ethical Products
Autores ARAQUE PADILLA, RAFAEL, MONTERO SIMÓ, MARÍA JOSÉ, Rivera-Torres, Pilar , Aragon-Gutierrez, Carlos
Publicación externa No
Medio J. Agric. Environ. Ethics
Alcance Article
Naturaleza Científica
Cuartil JCR 1
Cuartil SJR 1
Impacto JCR 1.18800
Impacto SJR 0.51800
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Fecha de publicacion 01/04/2015
ISI 000352209100002
Scopus Id 2-s2.0-84925511631
DOI 10.1007/s10806-014-9528-5
Abstract Interest in ethical aspects associated to product acquisition and consumption is a growing trend among consumers. In this context, the concept of "product with ethical attributes" has arisen to refer to products with explicit social and environmental characteristics. However, one of the factors that most hinders the purchasing of these products is certainly price. Given the difficulty of reducing price, the question that arises is the extent to which other product attributes can attenuate the negative impact of price on perceived value. We assume that the special benefits associated to this type of products (ethics, quality and health) are, at a different level, attenuators of the relationship between price and perceived value. Focusing on Fair Trade organic coffee, hypotheses are tested regarding survey data from 407 customers. They were interviewed in an actual purchasing scenario. The models are tested using conventional Structural Equation Models and the Latent Moderated Structural Equation method. The results obtained shed some light on a highly generalised belief that the marketing of these products can only be improved by reducing their price. However, although a price reduction could be desirable, albeit complicated in this product category, its effects could be reduced by acting on other variables such as the ethical aspects, quality and healthiness of this product category.
Palabras clave Price; Moderating effects; Perceived value; Ethical products; SEM and LMS method
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