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Fair Or Foul? Determining The Rules Of The Fair Pricing Game, Jodie Lynne Ferguson
Fair Or Foul? Determining The Rules Of The Fair Pricing Game, Jodie Lynne Ferguson
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Past research on perceived price fairness has examined outcome fairness, or the fairness of an offered price in respect to other prices (e.g., Campbell 1999a; b). In this research consumers’ perceived fairness of the process used by the retailer to set the price, as well as outcome perceived price fairness (PPF), were examined. In the first of two studies, twelve price-setting practices were evaluated on procedural fairness, pervasiveness (i.e., commonness of price-setting practice in the marketplace), and social acceptability within six contexts. Social acceptability was found to be highest when the price-setting practice was both procedurally fair and perceived to …