“…Whereas most research has focused on the slogan's ability to prime brand associations, [13][14][15] the present study investigates the untested notion of how the slogan may act as a direct carrier of brand equity. [16][17][18] For the slogan to act as a carrier of brand equity, the brand must first affect the slogan so that the brand's equity 'rubs off' on the brand slogan, and the brand slogan must later be attributed correctly to the brand. In this paper, the authors investigate how brand equity affects evaluation of the brand slogan, and what happens to a brand when it is correctly or incorrectly attributed with the brand slogan.…”