Methods of Comparison in Games of Status
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Keywords
status; relative standing; income inequality; conspicuous consumption; consumption externalities; income inequality; social competitiveness; first price auctions; dispersive orderings;JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2005-12-09 (All new papers)
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- NEP-DEV-2005-12-09 (Development)
- NEP-FIN-2005-12-09 (Finance)
- NEP-MFD-2005-12-09 (Microfinance)
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