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Can Buy Me Love: How Mating Cues Influence Single Men’S Interest In High-Status Consumer Goods

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K. JANSSENS
M. PANDELAERE ()
K. MILLET
B. VAN DEN BERGH
I. LENS
R. KEITH
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In two experiments we demonstrate that men display an enhanced interest in status enhancing consumption upon exposure to mating cues. Men indicate a higher interest in high-status products (study 1) and more readily noticed high-status products (study 2) after exposure to sexily, rather than plainly, dressed women. The effects are restricted to single men, suggesting that the acquisition or consumption of a luxurious product functions as a mate attraction mechanism.

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Paper provided by Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration in its series Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium with number 09/570.

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