Veblen Effects in a Theory of Conspicuous Consumption

American Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-373

  Bagwell, Laurie Simon ^a   Bernheim, B Douglas ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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