Against naive materialism: Culture, consumption and the causes of inequality

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-336

  Rosenbaum, Eckehard F ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032813093     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/23.3.317     Document Type: Article

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