What motivates positional concerns for income?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-148

  Pingle, Mark ^a   Mitchell, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Positional concerns; Preferences; Relative standing; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036147467     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(01)00070-8     Document Type: Article

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