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Studies Regarding Placebo and Nocebo Effect in Marketing

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  • Doina Gurita

    (Lecturer Ph.D., †Petre Andrei†University of Iasi, Romania)

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The study that I will explain in this section represents a research made to demonstrate that marketing actions (pricing, for example) have the power to decrease the efficacy of the products to which they apply. In this case, placebo effect appears from expectations that the consumers have, a process that seemed to be not conscious. This study presents the impact that has a lower price for the consumers when they buy a product (such as an energy drink, designed to increase mental acuity) and shows that they might gain less benefit from consuming this product (for example they will solve fewer puzzles that usual) compared with the consumers that purchase and consume the same product with its regular price.

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  • Doina Gurita, 2021. "Studies Regarding Placebo and Nocebo Effect in Marketing," Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / Year-Book „Petre Andrei” University from Iasi, Fascicula: Drept, Stiinte Economice, Stiinte Politice / Fascicle: Law, Economic Sciences, Political Scien, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 28, pages 189-196, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev11d:v:28:y:2021:i::p:189-196
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/upalaw/75
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    Keywords

    marketing; change; marketing tools; placebo and nocebo; effect;
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    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • M0 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - General
    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing

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