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Consuming more or consuming more than the others? An empirical analysis of positional goods
[Consommer plus ou consommer plus que les autres ? Une analyse empirique des biens de position]

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  • Gilles Grolleau

    (LAMETA - Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - UM1 - Université Montpellier 1 - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - UM - Université de Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

  • Tarik Lakhal

    (IREDU - Institut de recherche sur l'éducation : Sociologie et Economie de l'Education - UB - Université de Bourgogne)

  • Naoufel Mzoughi

    (ECODEVELOPPEMENT - Unité de recherche d'Écodéveloppement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

Abstract

Based on Solnick and Hemenway [1998], we empirically investigate the inter-dependence of utility functions using French data. Our estimations partially confirm the results of Solnick and Hemenway. We show that (1) relative position matters, (2) positional concerns differ among domains, (3) goods are more positional than bads, and (4) position matters more when choosing for one's child than when choosing for oneself. Moreover, the home country is likely to influence positional concerns and their ranking

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  • Gilles Grolleau & Tarik Lakhal & Naoufel Mzoughi, 2008. "Consuming more or consuming more than the others? An empirical analysis of positional goods [Consommer plus ou consommer plus que les autres ? Une analyse empirique des biens de position]," Post-Print hal-02653322, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02653322
    DOI: 10.3917/reco.594.0701
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