Students' perception of status-conveying goods

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-47

  Fan, Jessie X ^a   Burton, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Conspicuous consumption; Perceptions; Positional goods; Social display; Status consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644264527     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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