Does The Placebo Effect Influence Consumer Product Purchases?
Novices play better golf when they have expensive brand name equipment, according to research by marketing professor Frank Germann.
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Novices play better golf when they have expensive brand name equipment, research shows. Brand name products alleviate some performance anxiety but brands have no effect on better players.
Listen to NPR story about marketing assistant professor Frank Germann's research.
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