How much do others matter? Explaining positional concerns for different goods and personal characteristics

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-77

  Hillesheim, Inga ^a   Mechtel, Mario ^b  

^a Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Other regarding preferences; Relative consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871964479     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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