An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products

Consumers’ demand for luxury products is one of the leading causes for the existence and growth of counterfeit market. As there are limited studies focus on psychological aspect of counterfeit consumption behaviour, this study tries to explore the psychological antecedents of the consumption of coun...

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Main Author: Liu, Shu
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25162/
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description Consumers’ demand for luxury products is one of the leading causes for the existence and growth of counterfeit market. As there are limited studies focus on psychological aspect of counterfeit consumption behaviour, this study tries to explore the psychological antecedents of the consumption of counterfeit luxury products. Belongingness, self-esteem and enjoyment are three major psychological antecedents in this study; consumers also opt for counterfeits to reduce the sense of guilty arising from spending beyond their ability. Besides, based on Han et al.’s taxonomy, this research further explores the differences of counterfeit consumption behaviour among three types of consumers.
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spelling nottingham-251622017-12-22T22:55:03Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25162/ An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products Liu, Shu Consumers’ demand for luxury products is one of the leading causes for the existence and growth of counterfeit market. As there are limited studies focus on psychological aspect of counterfeit consumption behaviour, this study tries to explore the psychological antecedents of the consumption of counterfeit luxury products. Belongingness, self-esteem and enjoyment are three major psychological antecedents in this study; consumers also opt for counterfeits to reduce the sense of guilty arising from spending beyond their ability. Besides, based on Han et al.’s taxonomy, this research further explores the differences of counterfeit consumption behaviour among three types of consumers. 2011 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25162/1/DT_dessertation.pdf Liu, Shu (2011) An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products
title An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products
title_full An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products
title_fullStr An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products
title_full_unstemmed An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products
title_short An Exploratory Study of the Psychological Antecedents to Purchase Counterfeit Luxury Products
title_sort exploratory study of the psychological antecedents to purchase counterfeit luxury products
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25162/