Status seeking and social welfare: Is there virtue in vanity?

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 361-379

  Jaeger, William K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2942748353     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.08502012.x     Document Type: Review

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