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Positional goods, conspicuous consumption and the international demonstration effect reconsidered

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  • James, Jeffrey, 1987. "Positional goods, conspicuous consumption and the international demonstration effect reconsidered," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 449-462, April.
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    10. Luuk Van Kempen, 2003. "Fooling the eye of the beholder: deceptive status signalling among the poor in developing countries," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 15(2), pages 157-177.
    11. Chao, Angela & Schor, Juliet B., 1998. "Empirical tests of status consumption: Evidence from women's cosmetics," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 19(1), pages 107-131, February.
    12. Law, Cherry, 2019. "Unintended consequence of trade on regional dietary patterns in rural India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 277-293.
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    14. Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich, 2018. "Endogenous constraints, coefficients of economic distance, and economic performance of African countries – An exploratory essay," MPRA Paper 90065, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    18. Kaushik Basu, 1987. "A Theory of Association: Social Status, Prices and Markets," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1987-020, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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