Girding for Prestige: A Study on Conspicuous Consumption, Social Status Display and Materialism
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conspicuous consumption; outfit choice; social status display; materialism.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
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