Consumers’ purchase intentions toward products against city smog: exploring the influence of risk information processing

Xia Wu, Wei Qi (), Xi Hu, Shanshan Zhang and Dingtao Zhao
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Xia Wu: University of Science and Technology of China
Wei Qi: University of Science and Technology of China
Xi Hu: University of Science and Technology of China
Shanshan Zhang: Foshan University
Dingtao Zhao: University of Science and Technology of China

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2017, vol. 88, issue 1, No 28, 632 pages

Abstract: Abstract This research focuses on consumers’ purchase intentions related to products that deal with city smog. A conceptual model of consumers’ risk information processing and purchase intentions toward protective products was developed. Results showed that, in the context of city smog, consumers’ purchase intentions toward protective products are significantly influenced by their information processing, risk perception, knowledge of city smog, and advice from government and non-government sources. Unlike government advice, vice from non-government sources plays a more important role in consumers’ systematic processing and risk perception than in their heuristic processing. In addition, we find that the herd effect influences consumers’ purchase behavioral intentions.

Keywords: City smog knowledge; Information processing; Risk perception; Subjective norm; Purchase behavioral intentions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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