How tolerable is delay?: Consumers' evaluations of internet web sites after waiting

Benedict G.C. Dellaert and B.E. Kahn
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B.E. Kahn: Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research

No 64, Discussion Paper from Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research

Abstract: How consumer's waiting times affect their retrospective evaluations of Internet Web Sites is investigated in four computer-based experiments. Results show that waiting can but does not always negatively affect evaluations of Web Sites. Results also show that the potential negative effects of waiting can be neutralized by managing waiting experiences effectively. A conceptual framework and formal random utility model is introduced.

JEL-codes: M31 D12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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