Is Concern for Relative Consumption a Function of Relative Consumption?
| dc.contributor.author | Andersson, Fredrik W. | swe |
| dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-05 | swe |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-09T11:14:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-09T11:14:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | swe |
| dc.description.abstract | By using hypothetical choice experiments, this paper presents evidence that individuals' concern for relative consumption depends on their relative consumption. Individuals with consumption levels above society's average consumption level tend to have, in general, lower concern for relative consumption. This supports Duesenberry's (1949) notion that people are more concerned with upward social comparison than with downward social comparison. | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 16 pages | swe |
| dc.format.extent | 228465 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.gup.epcid | 4995 | swe |
| dc.gup.origin | Göteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Law | swe |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1403-2465 | swe |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/2691 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | swe |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Papers in Economics, nr 220 | swe |
| dc.subject | Relative consumption; marginal degree of positionality; choice experiments; questionnaire-experimental methods | swe |
| dc.subject.svep | Economics | swe |
| dc.title | Is Concern for Relative Consumption a Function of Relative Consumption? | swe |
| dc.type.svep | Report | swe |
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