Martinsson, PeterJohansson-Stenman, OlofCarlsson, Fredrik2006-12-132007-02-092007-02-0920031403-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2077/2826Although conventional economic theory proposes that only the absolute levels of income and consumption matter for people’s utility, there is much evidence that relative concerns are often important. This paper uses a survey-experimental method to measure people’s perceptions of the degree to which such concerns matter, i.e. the degree of positionality. Based on a representative sample in Sweden, income and cars are found to be highly positional, on average. This is in contrast to leisure and car safety, which may even be completely non-positional.21 pages186607 bytesapplication/pdfenRelative income; relative consumption; positional goods; survey-experimental method; marginal degree of positionalityReportEconomics