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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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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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Luxury Goods in Jacopo de’ Barbari’s Venice
2023Jacopo de Barbari’s View of Venice is rightfully celebrated as one of the most comprehensive representations of an early modern European city, and perhaps the most comprehensive. Yet the View offers more than a record of Venice’s urban environment. Rather, it serves as both a key record of the city’s commercial activities and a luxury good in its own ...
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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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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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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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Restaurant Meals - Convenience Goods or Luxuries?
The Service Industries Journal, 1986This study examines whether the restaurant food expenditure patterns of two-earner Canadian households are consistent with a hypothesis that restaurant meals are convenience rather than luxury items. Results of the study indicate a positive relationship between the proportion of total food expenditures allocated to discretionary restaurant meals and ...
William R. Frisbee, Karen Madeira
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Are Health-Care Services Luxury Goods?
2017In the theory of economy, goods are often split into necessity goods (necessities), which must be purchased for daily life, and luxury goods, which satisfy other needs such as those attributable to social status. Many researches deal with the problem of health-care services – some proved that there are luxury goods, while some proved that health-care ...
Paulina Ucieklak-Jeż +3 more
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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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Craving vs. Compulsion for Luxury Goods?
2016The purpose of this chapter is to examine why people are motivated to engage in luxury consumption, particularly in Asian countries. Purchases of global brands are increasingly popular among affluent society not only in Western nations, but also in other parts of the world. Global brands are normally associated with luxury brands from all categories of
Wan Ismail, Wan Nurisma Ayu +2 more
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