"If you don't buy it, it's gone!": The effect of perceived scarcity on panic buying

To identify the mechanisms by which perceived scarcity affects consumers' panic-buying behaviours and to explore the underlying reasons for panic-buying. Building on signalling theory and scarcity theory, we constructed a model of panic-buying behaviour. In total, 361 sources of valid data were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cong Cao, Chengxiang Chu, Jinjing Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2023-08-01
Series:Electronic Research Archive
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/era.2023279?viewType=HTML