Soster, Robin L.; Monga, Ashwani; Bearden, William O. - In: Journal of Consumer Research 37 (2010) 4, pp. 712-721
After people incur costs to get future benefits, they usually track these costs in their mental accounts and are keen to receive the benefits when they become available. We introduce the notion that costs and benefits can occur either in the same accounting period (day, season, etc.) or in...