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A model of fashions and status

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  • Frijters, Paul, 1998. "A model of fashions and status," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 501-517, October.
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    2. Caulkins, Jonathan P. & Hartl, Richard F. & Kort, Peter M. & Feichtinger, Gustav, 2007. "Explaining fashion cycles: Imitators chasing innovators in product space," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 31(5), pages 1535-1556, May.
    3. Kovács, Kármen, 2011. "Az egyszerre érvényesülő társadalmi externáliák hatásai a státusjavak keresletére [The effects on the demand for status goods exerted by single-occasion social externals]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(4), pages 314-332.
    4. Nicholas Janetos, 2017. "Fads and imperfect information," PIER Working Paper Archive 17-009, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, revised 01 May 2017.
    5. Ahmad Naimzada & Marina Pireddu, 2020. "A general equilibrium evolutionary model with two groups of agents, generating fashion cycle dynamics," Decisions in Economics and Finance, Springer;Associazione per la Matematica, vol. 43(1), pages 155-185, June.
    6. Erik T. Verhoef & Bert van Wee, 2000. "Car Ownership and Status," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 00-076/3, Tinbergen Institute.
    7. Federica Alberti, 2013. "A note on fashion cycles, novelty and conformity," Jena Economics Research Papers 2013-019, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
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    9. Caulkins, J.P. & Feichtinger, G. & Grass, D. & Hartl, R.F. & Kort, P.M. & Seidl, A., 2011. "Optimal pricing of a conspicuous product during a recession that freezes capital markets," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 163-174, January.
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    12. Petal Jean Hackett, 2012. "Cutting too Close? Design Protection and Innovation in Fashion Goods," CESifo Working Paper Series 3716, CESifo.

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