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Anspruchsniveau Und Permanente Frustration Im Verbrauchsverhalten

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  • Günther Pöll

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In diesem Aufsatz zeigt der Autor am Beispiel der inversen (hyperbolischen)Engelkurve, dass modernere psychologische und soziologische Konzepte wie Frustration und Anspruchsniveau gut in die «alte» Theorie passen und diese auch verhaltenstheoretisch anreichern. Am Beispiel der Verbrauchsausgaben städtischer Arbeitnehmer für privaten Verkehr von 1962 bis 1974 werden diese Hypothesen illustriert, wobei die geschätzten Parameter der Engelkurve als interessante (auch für Soziologen) schichtspezifische Masszahlen fur Frustration und An‐spruchsniveau im Kontext demonstrativen Konsums (T. Veblen) städtischer Arbeitnehmer interpretiert werden. In this paper it is demonstrated ‐using the hyperbolic Engelcurve as an example ‐ that modern psychological and sociological concepts like frustration and aspiration level fit well in with and enrich the «old» theory on a behavioural basis. In the second part of the paper the various hypotheses are illustrated in an empirical analysis of the expenditures of urban workers on private traffic from 1962 to 1974. The estimated parameters of the hyperbolic Engelcurve are then interpreted as interesting (also for sociologists) measures of the class‐specific aspiration level and frustration in the context of conspicuous consumption (T. Veblen) of urban workers. L'auteur de cet article s'efforce de montrer ‐ à l'exemple de la courbe hyperbolique d'Engel ‐ que la psychologie et la sociologie niodernes connaissent des notions telles que la frustration et le niveau d'aspirations dont l'intégration dans la théorie économique conventionnelle est parfaitement possible et constitue un enrichissement sur le plan des études du comportement humain. Ces hypothées sont illustrées à l'exemple des dépenses pour le transport individuel de salariés vivant dans un environnement urbain, pour les anntes de 1962 à 1974, tout en interprétant les parambtres estimés de la courbe d'Engel en tant que valeurs spécifiques aux couches sociales (intéressant également pour les sociologues) indiquant la frustration et le niveau d'aspirations dans le contexte de la consommation dite démonstrative (T. Veblen) des salariés vivant dans l'espace urbain.

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  • Günther Pöll, 1978. "Anspruchsniveau Und Permanente Frustration Im Verbrauchsverhalten," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(4), pages 588-600, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:31:y:1978:i:4:p:588-600
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1978.tb00661.x
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