The authors discuss the issues raised by Johansson, MacLachlan, and Yalch concerning halo effects in multiattribute models. It appears that halo effects can provide an upward bias upon the explanative power of individual–level multiattribute attitude models using subjective beliefs indicated by respondents.
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