Fashion, fads and the popularity of choices: Micro-foundations for diffusion consumer theory
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- Jean-Francois Mercure, 2016. "Fashion, fads and the popularity of choices: micro-foundations for diffusion consumer theory," Papers 1607.04155, arXiv.org, revised May 2018.
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