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Bet Your Bottom Dollar

University of Arkansas
Robin Soster's research focuses on mental accounting, consumer satisfaction and the relationship between consumption and identity.

Robin Soster, assistant professor of marketing in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, discusses her research on the so-called "bottom-dollar effect," how spending our last dollar affects the way we feel about purchases.