Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/80874 
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2012
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IAAEU Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 01/2012
Verlag: 
University of Trier, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU), Trier
Zusammenfassung: 
We conduct a classroom survey to investigate the willingness to sacrifice consumption in absolute terms in order to ascend above others in terms of consumption levels. In contrast to other studies using survey methodologies, participants are divided into a treatment and a control group. This allows us to distinguish whether choosing less in absolute terms is really induced by relative consumption concerns, or else by nonmonotonic preferences. We find that relative consumption concerns provide a good explanation for choosing less in the case of some goods, while this is not the case for a number of other goods.
Schlagwörter: 
status consumption
social status
behavioral economics
other-regarding preferences
JEL: 
C91
D63
D10
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
255.61 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.