Relative consumption benchmarks

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 100
Issue: 2
Pages: 204-207

Authors (1)

Score contribution per author:

1.009 = (α=2.02 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

I construct a general, multi-good model of consumption externalities that allows for relative jealousies and relative keeping-up-with-the-Joneses effects. These relative social consumption contexts have the ability to reinforce or mitigate each other.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:2:p:204-207
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25