Estimating Willingness-to-pay with Choice-based Conjoint Analysis - Can Consumer Characteristics Explain Variations in Accuracy?

Sichtmann, Christina; Wilken, Robert; Diamantopoulos, Adamantios (2011). Estimating Willingness-to-pay with Choice-based Conjoint Analysis - Can Consumer Characteristics Explain Variations in Accuracy? British Journal of Management, 22(4), pp. 628-645. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00696.x

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Knowing consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) is crucial for making effective pricing decisions. We assess the accuracy of choice-based conjoint analysis (CBCA), a method strongly supported by behavioural theory, in the context of WTP measurement at the individual level. Furthermore, we analyse whether variations in the accuracy of WTP estimates derived by CBCA can be explained by consumers' involvement, brand awareness and the strength of consumer preferences. The results show that CBCA does not provide accurate WTP estimates and, on average, grossly overestimates the true WTP of consumers. No empirical evidence can be found that consideration of the above-mentioned consumer characteristics results in more accurate WTP values.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Institute for Applied Data Science & Finance Business School > Institute for Applied Data Science & Finance > Applied Data Science Business School
Name:	Sichtmann, Christina0000-0001-6101-9467; Wilken, Robert and Diamantopoulos, Adamantios
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
ISSN:	10453172
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Language:	English
Submitter:	Christina Sichtmann
Date Deposited:	01 May 2024 09:19
Last Modified:	07 May 2024 16:17
Publisher DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00696.x
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.21814
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/21814