Do you enjoy having more than others? Survey evidence of positional goods

Economica

Volumn 74, Issue 296, 2007, Pages 586-598

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Johansson Stenman, Olof ^a   Martinsson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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ECONOMIC THEORY; INCOME; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EID: 35348992173     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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