Previous research has shown that when there are multiple possible prices for two brands, the brand that is discounted frequently but at shallow levels is perceived to have a lower average price than the brand that is discounted infrequently but at deeper levels (the "frequency effect"). However,...

Drawing on the theoretical foundation of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder, this article develops an expanded conceptualization and new measure of consumers' proclivity to buy compulsively. Compulsive buying is defined as a consumer's tendency to be preoccupied with buying that is revealed...