Information-based relative consumption effects

Econometrica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-118

  Samuelson, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption externalities; Evolution; Information; Relative consumption; Relative income; Status

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINANCE; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

CONSUMPTION EXTERNALITIES; EVOLUTION; INFORMATION BASED RELATIVE CONSUMPTION EFFECTS; RELATIVE CONSUMPTION; RELATIVE INCOME; STATUS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 1642382717     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2004.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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