Scott Rick

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Associate Professor of Marketing

701 Tappan Street

Ann Arbor, MI MI 48109

United States

http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/srick/

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (21)

1.

Tightwads and Spendthrifts

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Apr 2006
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Downloads 2,518 (11,677)
Citation 25

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Consumer Decision Making, Individual Differences, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics

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The Role of Emotion in Economic Behavior

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Jan 2007
Scott Rick and George Loewenstein
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Downloads 2,044 (16,318)
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Emotion, Behavioral Economics

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The Benefits of Retail Therapy: Making Purchase Decisions Reduces Residual Sadness

Forthcoming in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1208
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 29 May 2015
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Monash University and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 1,390 (29,533)
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retail therapy, shopping, appraisal theory, sadness, decision-making

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Winning the Battle But Losing the War: The Psychology of Debt Management

Journal of Marketing Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2011
Ono Academic College, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 1,163 (38,246)
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Financial Decision Making, Debt Repayment, Debt Consolidation, Subgoals, Credit Cards

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Fatal (Fiscal) Attraction: Spendthrifts and Tightwads in Marriage

Journal of Marketing Research
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2012
Scott Rick, Deborah A. Small and Eli Finkel
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Marketing Department and Northwestern University - Department of Psychology
Downloads 1,154 (38,679)

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spending, money, tightwad, spendthrift, marriage, attraction, marital satisfaction, marketing, consumer behavior, individual differences

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A Penny Saved Is a Partner Earned: The Romantic Appeal of Savers

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 19 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2017
Jenny Olson and Scott Rick
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Marketing and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 1,063 (43,633)

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Decision Making, Interpersonal Relationships, Shopping, Consumer Behavior, Consumer Financial Decision Making, Attraction

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The Imbibing Idiot Bias: Consuming Alcohol Can Be Hazardous to Your (Perceived) Intelligence

Forthcoming, Journal of Consumer Psychology
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2012
Scott Rick and Maurice E. Schweitzer
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department
Downloads 803 (64,216)

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alcohol, intelligence, person perception, impression formation, job interviews

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Losses, Gains, and Brains: Neuroeconomics Can Help to Answer Open Questions About Loss Aversion

Journal of Consumer Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 May 2010
Scott Rick
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 692 (77,993)
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Loss Aversion, Neuroeconomics, Decision Making, Endowment Effect, Prospect Theory, fMRI

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The Pain of Paying and Tightwaddism: New Insights and Open Questions

The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption, ed. S. Preston, M. Kringelbach, and B. Knutson, MIT Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 May 2013 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2013
Scott Rick
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 441 (136,345)

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Consumer Financial Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, Behavioral Economics, Marketing

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Managing Debt and Managing Each Other: The Interpersonal Dynamics of Joint Financial Decisions

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 31 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 20 May 2018
Jenny Olson and Scott Rick
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Marketing and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 336 (184,965)

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consumer financial decision-making, debt management, confidence, joint decision-making

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Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to Cheat

Forthcoming, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2013
Harvard Business School, Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 314 (198,840)
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dishonesty, decision making, social comparison, fairness, pay secrecy

12.

Income Tax and the Motivation to Work

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1285
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2017
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 296 (211,805)
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income tax, motivation, tax, identity, productivity, decision making

13.

A Co-Branding Conundrum: Consumers Underuse Co-Branded Credit Cards Outside of Their Featured Brands

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Chengyao Sun, Cynthia Cryder and Scott Rick
Yale School of Management, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 215 (291,086)

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credit cards, financial decision making, mental accounting, branding, attention, fit

14.

Intangibility in Intertemporal Choice

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2008
Scott Rick and George Loewenstein
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Downloads 193 (321,812)
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Intertemporal Choice, Discounted Utility, Tradeoffs, Tangibility, Emotion

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The Role of Tacit Routines in Coordinating Activity

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Feb 2005
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Zurich - Department of Economics and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Downloads 192 (323,303)
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organizational coordination, experimental economics

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Solving Coordination Failure with All-or-None Group-Level Incentives

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 May 2006 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2009
John Hamman, Scott Rick and Roberto A. Weber
Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
Downloads 167 (368,033)
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Coordination, Minimum Effort Game, Incentives, Experiments

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Meaningful Learning and Transfer of Learning in Games Played Repeatedly Without Feedback

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2009
Scott Rick and Roberto A. Weber
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Zurich - Department of Economics
Downloads 139 (426,105)
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Learning, experiments, games

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The Intermediate Alternative Effect: Considering a Small Tradeoff Increases Subsequent Willingness to Make Large Tradeoffs

Journal of Consumer Psychology, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 384-392, 2011
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2011
Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 104 (531,224)

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Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, Decision Making, Reference Point, Prospect Theory

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Large Steps toward Small Donations: Reputational Benefits of Nominal Corporate Generosity

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1365
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2017
Tiffany Vu and Scott Rick
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Students and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 84 (608,687)

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Cause Marketing, Altruism, Generosity, Charity, Attribute Evaluability

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Tightwads and Spendthrifts: An Interdisciplinary Review

Financial Planning Review, Vol. 1, Issue 1-2, March-June 2018
Posted: 12 Nov 2019
Scott Rick
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Neuroeconomics

Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 59, January 2008
Posted: 10 Jan 2008
Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Social and Decision Sciences, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Princeton University - Department of Psychology

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decision making, emotions, dual-process theories, neuroscience, behavioral economics