Consumers’ preferences for domestic over imported products have been investigated in various isolated studies, but
never in a single model incorporating several in-group and out-group consumer orientations at the same time. Building
on social identity theory, this study develops and tests—in two countries—a conceptual model that assesses the relative
influence o f consumer ethnocentrism, national identity, and consumer cosmopolitanism on consumers’ product judgments
and willingness to buy domestic and foreign products. Furthermore, the study develops an empirically based
typology o f consumer segments using these sociopsychological traits and subsequently profiles them on consumptionrelevant
variables. The findings reveal several undiscovered patterns regarding the interplay o f consumer ethnocentrism,
national identity, and consumer cosmopolitanism as drivers o f consumer behavior and offer managerial guidance on
their relevance as segmentation variables.