Conspicuous consumption dynamics

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-145

  Friedman, Daniel ^a   Ostrov, Daniel N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient dynamics; Shock waves; Veblen effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649086470     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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