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Consumer Sovereign and Consumption Routine : A Reexamination of the Galbraithian Concept of the Dependence Effect

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  • Francis L. Munier

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, GRAICO - Groupe de recherche sur l'apprentissage, l'innovation et la connaissance dans les organisations - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar)

  • Zhao Z.Z. Wang

    (GRAICO - Groupe de recherche sur l'apprentissage, l'innovation et la connaissance dans les organisations - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar, BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to suggest that the concept of the dependence effect and of the consumer sovereignty, developed by Galbraith, has to be reexamined in a knowledge-based economy. We reconsider these concepts in the light of the consumption routine. In this perspective, the main result of this paper is that the question of market power must be analyzed in terms of interaction between producers and consumers. The limited knowledge role of consumer and producer implies that the power is shared.

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  • Francis L. Munier & Zhao Z.Z. Wang, 2006. "Consumer Sovereign and Consumption Routine : A Reexamination of the Galbraithian Concept of the Dependence Effect," Post-Print hal-00279147, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00279147
    DOI: 10.1080/01603477.2005.11051463
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