Status Through Consumption
Subtitle: Dynamics of Consuming in Structured Environments
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781402070013
Subjects: Cultural studies; Economics; Social aspects; Economics - Macroeconomics; Consumer Behavior - General; Sociology; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Research; Business/Economics; Public Finance; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Business & Economics / Macroeconomics; Business & Economics / Public Finance; Business & Economics : Consumer Behavior - General; Technology : Environmental Engineering & Technology; Statistical methods; Social status; Consumer behavior; Economic aspects; Psychological aspects
First sentence: The use of goods and services in competition for social status has been the basis for an extensive historical dialogue with indications of its importance in the frameworks of several disciplines (e.g., Smith 1976 [1759], Marshall 1925 [1890], Veblen 1994 [1904], Weber 1968 [1922]).