Comparison-concave utility and following behaviour in social and economic settings

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-155

  Clark, Andrew E ^a   Oswald, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A14; Comparisons; Concavity; D62; D81; Deviance; Following; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000784684     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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