Vale, Rita Coelho do; Pieters, Rik; Zeelenberg, Marcel - In: Journal of Consumer Research 35 (2008) 3, pp. 380-390
Consumers believe that small package formats of hedonic, but not of utilitarian, products help to regulate consumption-especially when their self-regulatory concerns are activated. These beliefs may backfire and increase consumption of hedonic products. Specifically, activating self-regulatory...