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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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another category? Or do households that switch brands in <strong>on</strong>e category also buy more or<br />

so<strong>on</strong>er within the same category, but do not switch brands in other categories? In general, do<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s lead more to c<strong>on</strong>sistencies within a product category across the different sales<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong> effects than across categories for each <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong><br />

mechanisms?<br />

The empirical work in this chapter can be divided into the two parts that were<br />

menti<strong>on</strong>ed before. In the first part, the three questi<strong>on</strong>s raised in this introducti<strong>on</strong> are answered<br />

using the intertemporal approach <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms. In Secti<strong>on</strong> 8.2,<br />

data descripti<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> both general measures <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se and the more in-depth<br />

reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanism specific measures are provided. The hypotheses derived in Secti<strong>on</strong> 4.3<br />

are tested in Secti<strong>on</strong> 8.3. Secti<strong>on</strong> 8.4 deals with the questi<strong>on</strong> whether or not the effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s at the household level are c<strong>on</strong>sistent across categories. Does a household show the<br />

same effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sales promoti<strong>on</strong>s for each product category or for certain sub-sets <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

categories? Or do households show more c<strong>on</strong>sistent effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong>s within a category?<br />

In the sec<strong>on</strong>d part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the empirical work, Secti<strong>on</strong> 8.5, the promoti<strong>on</strong>al bump decompositi<strong>on</strong><br />

(n<strong>on</strong>-intertemporal) is presented. This chapter ends with the main findings and new insights<br />

obtained regarding the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms.<br />

8.2 General Results <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Resp<strong>on</strong>se and <str<strong>on</strong>g>Sales</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Promoti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Reacti<strong>on</strong><br />

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Mechanisms<br />

Data from 200 households is used to estimate the sales promoti<strong>on</strong> reacti<strong>on</strong> mechanisms. As<br />

menti<strong>on</strong>ed in Chapter 6, six product categories are included in this dissertati<strong>on</strong>. It was found<br />

in the previous chapter that promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se differs between product categories. Recall<br />

that a promoti<strong>on</strong>al utilizati<strong>on</strong> measure PU was defined in Secti<strong>on</strong> 5.4.2.1. It was also<br />

menti<strong>on</strong>ed in that secti<strong>on</strong> that this promoti<strong>on</strong>al utilizati<strong>on</strong> measure is the aggregated<br />

equivalent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se as empirically investigated in the prior chapter. The<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al brand switch measure BSp, defined in Secti<strong>on</strong> 5.4.2.2, is also an indicator for<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>al utilizati<strong>on</strong> (for n<strong>on</strong>-favorite brand promoti<strong>on</strong>s). Table 8.1 c<strong>on</strong>tains the estimates

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