Abstract
In the following paper, the inter-industry differences in the effect of advertising on the performance of the firm will be analyzed. While much literature has contributed to advertising with other variables such as profitability and concentration, few have studied how this effect may differ between firms in consumer goods industries and firms in producer goods industries. The hypothesis that is tested is that if advertising has a positive and significant relationship with firm performance, then this effect will be stronger for firms in consumer goods industries. A two-stage least squares regression is run to test the hypothesis, but the results turn up insignificant, resulting in not enough sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis of no difference between the industries.
Advisor
Sell, John
Department
Economics
Recommended Citation
McLane, Robert M. III, "A Study of the Effect of Advertising on Firm Performance Between Consumer and Producer Goods Industries" (2015). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 6605.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/6605
Publication Date
2015
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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