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Conspicuous Consumption and Race* [PDF]
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009 Using nationally representative data on consumption, we show that Blacks and Hispanics devote larger shares of their expenditure bundles to visible goods (clothing, jewelry, and cars) than do comparable Whites. These differences exist among virtually all subpopulations, are relatively constant over time, and are economically large.
Charles, Kerwin Kofi +2 more
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Mating Goals Moderate Power’s Effect on Conspicuous Consumption Among Women [PDF]
Evolutionary Psychology, 2017 This study aimed to use evolutionary psychology to explain conspicuous consumption’s relationship with mating goals among women. We used experiments to show that power moderates conspicuous consumption’s relationship with mating goals among women through
Taiyang Zhao +4 more
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Cleaner and Responsible ConsumptionWhereas the environmental impact of buying luxury goods is debated, there is evidence that purchasing such products—often referred to as conspicuous consumption—can be more sustainable than hoarding cheaper alternatives because luxury goods are more ...
Michał Folwarczny +3 more
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Advertising and Conspicuous Consumption [PDF]
, 2005 The paper formalizes the intuition that brands are consumed for image reasons and that advertising creates a brand’s image. The key idea is that advertising informs the public of brand names and creates the possibility of conspicuous consumption by ...
Krähmer, Daniel
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Cogent Business & Management, 2023 Materialism is a prevalent phenomenon in contemporary society and exerts a substantial influence on consumer behavior. Materialistic individuals prioritize their life goals, success criteria, and sources of happiness through the accumulation of wealth ...
Sularsih Anggarawati +5 more
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Effect of the intensity of Instagram usage as a social media tool on conspicuous consumption
Journal of Global Business Insights, 2023 As internet usage grew, social media sites proliferated, and consumers began to use them more frequently. On social media, people share their daily lives, but they also express what they want to symbolize.
Duygu Firat
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Different dimensions of conspicuous consumption in the emerging market of Bangladesh
Annals of Management and Organization Research, 2023 Purpose: This study wishes to explore the level of understanding of how consumers in the market perceive conspicuous consumption. Research methodology: A qualitative research process was applied for collecting and evaluating the information, and the data
Moutusi Tanha +6 more
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The Impact of Conspicuous Consumption and Perceived Value on New Product Adoption Intention
Asia Marketing Journal, 2021 Unidimensional construct of conspicuous consumption which focuses on the ostentation of the economic assets are limited in describing today’s consumers.
Meixiang Cui, Subin Im
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Kiel Journal of Consumer Studies 1, 2023 The conscious renunciation of different types of consumption is justified by various motives, such as the sustainability aspect. This fact suggests that motives are very different from the ones of conspicuous consumption. But is that true? The aim of
Lisa Effler +3 more
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Conspicuous consumption, conspicuous health, and optimal taxation [PDF]
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015 We present a simple model of status-seeking over multiple socioeconomic domains by introducing the concept of conspicuous health as an argument in the utility function, in addition to the well-established conspicuous consumption term. We explore the implications of such a utility function for optimal non-linear taxation, where an increase in concerns ...
Mujcic, Redzo, Frijters, Paul
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