Chatterjee, P., &Rose, R. L. (2011). Do payment mechanisms change the way consumers perceive products?. Journal of Consumer Research, 38(6), 1129-1139.
Do payment mechanisms change the way consumers perceive products? We argue that consumers for whom credit cards (cash) have been primed focus more on benefits (costs) when evaluating a product. In study 1, credit card (cash) primed participants made more (fewer) recall errors regarding cost attributes. In a word recognition task (study 2), participants primed with credit card (cash) identified more words related to benefits ...