How much do we care about absolute versus relative income and consumption?

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-421

  Alpizar, Francisco ^a   Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Johansson Stenman, Olof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experiments; Optimal taxes; Relative income; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944274994     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2002.10.007     Document Type: Article

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