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An experimental study of brand signal quality of products in an asymmetric information environment

Hsiu-Yuan Tsao, Leyland F. Pitt and Pierre Berthon

Omega, 2006, vol. 34, issue 4, 397-405

Abstract: Previous research regarding the effectiveness of signalling via brand name has focused on when and how brand-building costs will be recovered in future profit. In contrast to such a seller-incentive perspective, this study examines how the buyer interprets the signal via brand name, the effectiveness of signalling via brand name in terms of buyer-value perspective, and how the buyer's reaction to the signal affects the seller's decision to adopt the signalling strategy. Signalling theory and concepts from consumer-based branding research are used to suggest how to evaluate the effectiveness of signalling via brand name in the context of the consumer market--a market in which information is asymmetric. Findings from online trading experiments, using the methodology of experimental economics, demonstrate that the function of brand fluctuates according to which market conditions prevail for brand and price, the extent of brand differentiation, and the magnitude of brand-building cost.

Keywords: Signalling; Brand; differentiation; Information; asymmetry; Pricing; behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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