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Analysis of Sales Promotion Effects on Household Purchase Behavior

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(1978) did not find a significant linear relati<strong>on</strong>ship between income and promoti<strong>on</strong><br />

resp<strong>on</strong>se. Table 3.1 shows a summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> empirical findings regarding the relati<strong>on</strong>ship<br />

between income and promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se.<br />

Table 3.1: Summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> studies relating income with promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se<br />

Sign Relati<strong>on</strong>ship Study<br />

+ Inman and Winer (1998)<br />

Roberts<strong>on</strong> et al. (1984)<br />

Caplovitz (1963)<br />

Je<strong>on</strong> (1990)<br />

Beatty and Ferrell (1998)<br />

Bawa and Shoemaker (1987)<br />

Bawa and Gosh (1999)<br />

- Ailawadi et al. (2000)<br />

Urbany et al. (1996)<br />

Ainslie and Rossi (1998)<br />

Inverse U-shaped Narasimhan (1984)<br />

0 Webster (1965)<br />

Blattberg et al. (1978)<br />

Hypothesis H1: Income and promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se are positively related.<br />

Thus, most prior research provides empirical evidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> either a positive or a negative<br />

relati<strong>on</strong>ship between income and promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se. These c<strong>on</strong>flicting findings could be<br />

the results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> studying different ranges <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> income. Based <strong>on</strong> the arguments as described<br />

above, in general we would expect low and high-income households to exhibit str<strong>on</strong>ger<br />

promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se, which would then be explained by a n<strong>on</strong>-linear, U-shaped relati<strong>on</strong>ship<br />

between income and promoti<strong>on</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>se. Narasimhan (1984) could not find evidence for<br />

such a relati<strong>on</strong> in case <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> coup<strong>on</strong> promoti<strong>on</strong>s, but we c<strong>on</strong>sider more passive types <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

promoti<strong>on</strong>s. Higher income households are not expected to react to active promoti<strong>on</strong>s, such<br />

as coup<strong>on</strong>s. But they are expected to react to promoti<strong>on</strong>s that induce impulse purchasing,<br />

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