Keeping one step ahead of the Joneses: Status, the distribution of wealth, and long run growth

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-126

  Futagami, Koichi ^a   Shibata, Akihisa ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

D31; Endogenous growth; Interpersonal dependency of preference; O15; Social status; Wealth distribution; Wealth preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013288253     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(98)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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