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Mental Account Barriers and Transaction Purpose: A Romanian Point of View

Eugen IordanescuMihai Dirinea

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Structure (mathematical logic)Transaction utilityMental accountingMental accountingRomanianScientific literatureBehavioral economicsStructuringlanguage.human_languageBehavioral modelingBehavioral economicslanguageGeneral Materials ScienceConsumer decisionPsychologyDatabase transactionSocial psychology

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Abstract The present study encompasses the behavioral model of decision making. Using the models provided by scientific literature, the relationship between the basic structure of mental accounts, transaction utility and consumer decision, together with perceived comfortability. The procedure was carried out using undergraduate students of Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, with similar proportions of sexes and with resembling ages. Results have shown that influence of mental accounting structuring and transaction utility on decision and perceived comfortability is insignificant, taken into account the differences between sexes. The presented results bring knowledge into the economic behavior of the individuals involved.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2013-05-01Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.04.327