TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Maier, Erik A1 - Boden, Joe A1 - Wilken, Robert T1 - The effect of credit card versus mobile payment on convenience and consumers’ willingness to pay JF - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services N2 - Extant literature on payment methods has focused on comparing cash and credit cards and emphasized the lower pain of paying (i.e., fewer negative consequences) for the latter. This finding, in turn, explains why consumers express higher willingness to pay (WTP) when paying with credit cards. The current study introduces mobile technology as a new payment method to this literature. Specifically, it highlights coenience as a positive driver of increased WTP for mobile payment. However, for consumers to perceive mobile payment as coenient, a personal adoption (enabled through an existing system in the respective country market) is necessary. A set of three studies across several country markets tests these assumptions empirically. Coenience emerges as a new mediator between mobile payment and increased WTP, contingent on personal adoption. These findings thus extend extant literature on the mechanisms consumers use with different payment methods, and they offer differentiated recommendations regarding payment channels for country managers. Y1 - 2020 SN - 0969-6989 SS - 0969-6989 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.101910 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2019.101910 VL - 52 ER -