nep-mkt New Economics Papers
on Marketing
Issue of 2026–04–13
two papers chosen by
Marco Novarese, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale


  1. Why should nano influencers disclose when they are not sponsored? The impact of impartiality disclosure and influencer type on behavioral intentions By Florence Euzéby; Sarah Machat; Juliette Passebois-Ducros
  2. Digital brand equity: The concept, antecedents, measurement, and future development By Stephen L France; Nebojsa Davcik; Brett J Kazandjian

  1. By: Florence Euzéby (NUDD - Usages du Numérique pour le Développement Durable - ULR - La Rochelle Université, ULR - La Rochelle Université); Sarah Machat (NUDD - Usages du Numérique pour le Développement Durable - ULR - La Rochelle Université); Juliette Passebois-Ducros (IRGO - Institut de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - UB - Université de Bordeaux - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Bordeaux)
    Abstract: Social media influencers express opinions on products or brands, either through commercial partnerships or in the form of unbiased content, called genuine content. To differentiate between sponsored and genuine content, influencers are increasingly choosing to include an impartiality disclosure: "This post is not sponsored." This study analyzes the combined influence of impartiality disclosure and influencer type on consumer intentions. An online experiment involving 533 participants was conducted. The findings indicate that an impartiality disclosure enhances behavioral intentions by reducing persuasion knowledge activation and increasing influencer credibility. Importantly, the positive impact is more pronounced for nano compared to micro influencers.
    Date: 2025–05–15
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05577140
  2. By: Stephen L France (Mississippi State University [Mississippi]); Nebojsa Davcik (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School); Brett J Kazandjian (Towson University [Towson, MD, United States] - University System of Maryland)
    Abstract: Measuring brand equity is of vital importance to marketing practitioners and scholars. Academics and practitioners have developed a range of tools and metrics for measuring brand equity, but in the fast-paced and transformational digital era, it may be that current metrics are not sufficient. The authors develop a conceptual understanding of the brand equity paradigm using practitioner and scholarly views. A practitioner-focused analysis is given on how companies can best understand and measure brand performance in a digital environment and take actionable insights, using the share of search, digital brand awareness, and digital brand sentiment constructs. The authors argue that digital brand equity metrics cannot be based only on social media and current digital metrics indicators but also must include a human side of the brand and the technology-consumer nuances. The study proposes a research agenda and highlights important research and policy questions in developing digital brand equity.
    Keywords: AI, Social media, Measurement, Digital, Brand equity
    Date: 2025–04–01
    URL: https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05568657

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