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Scott B. MacKenzie, Richard J. Lutz, George E. Belch, The Role of Attitude toward the Ad as a Mediator of Advertising Effectiveness: A Test of Competing Explanations, Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 23, No. 2 (May, 1986), pp. 130-143
MacKenzie et al. (1986) studied this question.