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Exploring Factors That Influence U.S. Consumer Intention To Covet Loose Change, Carlos Emilio Bared
Exploring Factors That Influence U.S. Consumer Intention To Covet Loose Change, Carlos Emilio Bared
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This study aimed to assess U.S. consumer intention to save, store, and account for the coins received as change from a cash transaction. Using a behavioral economics framework and applying Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior (1985), this research provides a template to capture, observe, and analyze consumer perceptions about and behavior towards loose change or other similar byproduct decisions. Following procedures prescribed by Icek Ajzen (2006) and (2013), a questionnaire was developed for the critical constructs used to predict consumer intention to covet loose change. A sample population (n= 490) of adults residing in the United States participated …