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Vulnerable Consumers

Vulnerable Communities

We advance our understanding of consumer vulnerability and consumption practices.

Our work in Vulnerable Communities examines at-risk populations, especially impoverished or other disenfranchised consumers.

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Freedom of the Will and Consumption Restrictions

Journal of Business Ethics

2019

Ronald Paul Hill

Vulnerable Communities, Macromarketing & Public Policy

Poverty, consumption, and counterintuitive behavior

Marketing Letters

2019

Andrew Bryant, Ronald Paul Hill

Vulnerable Communities, Health & Nutrition

The effects of scarcity on consumer decision journeys

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

2019

Rebecca Hamilton, Debora Thompson, Sterling Bone, Lan Nguyen Chaplin, Vladas Griskevicius, Kelly Goldsmith, Ronald Hill, Deborah Roedder John, Chiraag Mittal, Thomas O’Guinn, Paul Piff, Caroline Roux, Anuj Shah, Meng Zhu

Vulnerable Communities, Macromarketing & Public Policy

Private Disclosure; Public Exposure: An Exploratory Consideration of Gender Asymmetries in Adolescent Sexting

Journal of Marketing Behavior

2019

Robin L Soster, Wendy Attaya Boland

Vulnerable Communities, Health & Nutrition, Consumer Well-Being

Poverty Research and Measurement: Making the Case for Consumption Adequacy

Journal of Consumer Affairs

2019

Justine Rapp Farrell, Ronald Paul Hill

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