Conspicuous consumption and sophisticated thinking

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1449-1466

  Amaldoss, Wilfred ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspicuous consumption; Experimental economics; Game theory; Learning in games; Rational expectations; Strategic thinking

Indexed keywords

CONSPICUOS CONSUMPTION; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; LEARNING IN GAMES; RELATIONAL EXPECTATIONS; STRATEGIC THINKING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PURCHASING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 27544437658     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0399     Document Type: Review

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