Conspicuous Consumption and Inequality
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Keywords
Conspicuousness; peer group effects; keeping up with the Joneses; status signaling; envy; snob;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
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