advertising on consumer brand choice and search behavior. Under imperfect information, advertising can affect consumer behavior by … providing economically relevant information in a convenient way. I find that advertising has an increasing effect on consumers …

of refineries partially offsets the large reduction in consumer surplus. As the theory predicts, these shocks have a … internet as an alternative source of health information doubled.At the same time, online and offline advertising spending by … this activity is influenced by direct to consumer advertising.I utilize a database of user click-through data from America …

theoretical measure of relevance. The central theory used in this dissertation is Sperber and Wilson's (1995) theory of relevance … (TOR). TOR can help researchers and marketing managers by explaining how consumers may interpret visuals in advertising …. TOR explains why some visuals thought to be unconnected with the product become relevant in advertising. This study makes …

The retail sector spends millions of dollars each year advertising to consumers. This is a considerable investment for …

Programmers can distribute new software to online users either for a feeas shareware or bundle it with advertising …

present the firstanalysis of this hybrid advertising auction setting. The conventionalwisdom is that brand advertisers (e … bidding forclicks and bidding for impressions. The analysis implies that sellersof online advertising (a) may sometimes prefer …

around the world. This study examined the impact of a fear-based advertising campaign targeted at reducing unsafe driving …