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International Journal of Social Economics, 1979
The purpose of this article is to examine the proposition that the benefits from environmental improvements accrue disproportionately to the rich.
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The purpose of this article is to examine the proposition that the benefits from environmental improvements accrue disproportionately to the rich.
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2017
Counterfeiting is one of the oldest crimes in history. In ancient Rome, wine traders counterfeited wine trademarks on amphorae, selling inexpensive local wine as fine Roman wine. By the 13th century, counterfeiting had become so common that, in some European countries, copying a trademark was punished with torture and death.
Ludovica Cesareo +2 more
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Counterfeiting is one of the oldest crimes in history. In ancient Rome, wine traders counterfeited wine trademarks on amphorae, selling inexpensive local wine as fine Roman wine. By the 13th century, counterfeiting had become so common that, in some European countries, copying a trademark was punished with torture and death.
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Luxury Consumption and Consumption of Luxury Goods
2017It is acknowledged that luxury is not inherent solely in product characteristics, but comes into existence through consumption. This chapter discusses how the essence of luxury is captured from a consumption perspective. Turunen points out the importance of social symbolic meanings and highlights aspects of the previous literature relating to the ...
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Minimum taxation as a luxury good
Economia Politica, 2015This paper investigates the use of minimum tax thresholds to avoid income tax evasion. We analyze a moral-hazard model in which, given the endogenous audit probability, taxpayers may choose to comply or not with their tax obligation. The main result is that the imposition of a minimum tax, whereby taxpayers need to pay a tax on wealth no lower than a ...
Caserta, Maurizio, Reito, Francesco
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Higher Education As A Luxury Good
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021The 2019 college admissions bribery scandal revealed uncomfortable truths about elite higher education and its conspicuous consumption. In this article, I explore the legal implications of treating higher education as a luxury good reflecting wealth and status.
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Consumers, Counterfeiters, and Luxury Goods
2020Counterfeit goods are perceived to be a substantial threat to various industries, especially those in the luxury sector, and the globalisation of trade and communication has offered incomparable opportunities for criminals to engage in such illicit trade.
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Is wealth accumulation a luxury good?
Economics Letters, 2012zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
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The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1975
Economists generally have condemned such taxes as imposing an "excess burden" in comparison with more broadly based general sales or income taxes. Also, it is alleged that any desired income redistribution could be obtained with more efficiency (and perhaps greater equity) through a progressive income tax (1).
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Economists generally have condemned such taxes as imposing an "excess burden" in comparison with more broadly based general sales or income taxes. Also, it is alleged that any desired income redistribution could be obtained with more efficiency (and perhaps greater equity) through a progressive income tax (1).
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Luxury Goods vs. Counterfeits: An Intercultural Study
2012Branding has been around for centuries as a means to distinguish one producer’s goods from those of another. The earliest signs of branding in Europe can be traced back to medieval guilds, which required craftspeople to mark their products as a means of protection against inferior quality ([29], p. 276).
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2023
This article examines consumers’ attitudes toward luxury goods made by humans versus Artifcial Intelligence (AI). Merging insights from the AI literature and the psychology of luxury consumption, I predict that consumers evaluate luxury goods made by an AI agent less favorably than the same ones made by a human agent. It is because AI-made luxury goods
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This article examines consumers’ attitudes toward luxury goods made by humans versus Artifcial Intelligence (AI). Merging insights from the AI literature and the psychology of luxury consumption, I predict that consumers evaluate luxury goods made by an AI agent less favorably than the same ones made by a human agent. It is because AI-made luxury goods
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