Kid-walking service brings focus to a 'Blurry Generation' of nearsighted
children
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[image: An adult with seven kids on leashes, mimicking a dog walker and
dogs]
Spotted by: Jimena Ávila Martín
Saturday, October 16, 2010
The Envy Premium in Product Evaluation
Abstract from a future article in JCR by
Consumers are willing to pay a premium for products that elicit their envy. The more people compared themselves to a superior other, the higher the envy premium was. Yet, the emotion envy and not the upward comparison drove the final effects. The envy premium only emerged for a desirable product that the superior other owned (iPhone) when people experienced benign envy. Benign envy is elicited when the other's superior position is deserved, and malicious envy when it is undeserved. When people experienced malicious envy, the envy premium emerged for a desirable product that the superior other did not own (BlackBerry). This shows how benign envy places a premium on keeping up, and malicious envy on moving away from, superior others.o