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The role of social status and testosterone in human conspicuous consumption. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Wu Y +4 more
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Is bee‐avoidance by bird‐pollinated flowers driven by nectar robbing in Erica?
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Nectar robbing (consuming nectar from a perforated flower without pollinating) generally negatively affects plant fecundity, and plants exhibit multiple mechanisms in defence.
Anina Coetzee +4 more
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A Note on Wealth as a Corruption-Controlling Device [PDF]
In the standard moral hazard model, withholding of effort by the agent is not observable to the principal. We argue that this assumption has to be changed in applications that study corruption. The overwhelming majority of cases where corrupt politicians
Federico Weinschelbaum, Rafael Di Tella
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Generation cycles in experimental populations of a multivoltine insect
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Although theory suggests various mechanisms by which environmental and ecological factors may drive generational fluctuations, our field‐cage experiment is the first to demonstrate how internal dynamics and external disturbances jointly produce synchronised, large‐scale outbreak cycles.
Takehiko Yamanaka +3 more
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Conspicuous Consumption and Sedentary Living: Is this our legacy to our children? [PDF]
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J, 2013 Lakhtakia R.
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An Analysis of the Impact of Social Factors on Purchase Behavior [PDF]
Consumers purchase conspicuous goods to satisfy not just material needs but also social needs such as prestige. In an attempt to meet these social needs, marketing managers of conspicuous goods like cars, perfumes, and watches employ several strategies ...
Sanjay Jain, Wilfred Amaldoss
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Sharia EconomicsThis study aims to analyze the effect of Brand Perception, Social Influence, and Attitude to Functional Food on Repurchase Intention, with Conspicuous Consumption as an intervening variable, in the context of Kelana Mobile Coffee in Surabaya. This study
Aulia Life Rahma Putri, Nurul Azizah
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Inequality, Social Respectability, Political Power and Environmental Devastation [PDF]
Although healthy societies may require a degree of material inequality, higher levels of inequality have been linked to negative social consequences ranging from poorer health to lessened democracy.
Jon D. Wisman
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