The social construction of quality: Status dynamics in the market for contemporary art

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-536

  Yogev, Tamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art market; Economic sociology; Exchange relations; Status; Uncertainty; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954359306     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwp030     Document Type: Article

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