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dc.contributor.authorChai, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorKaus, Wolfhard
dc.contributor.editorNguyen, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-16T08:01:58Z
dc.date.available2020-01-16T08:01:58Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn1837-7750
dc.identifier.otherRePEc:gri:epaper:economics:201202
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/390375
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the relationship between the dispersion of group income and conspicuous consumption levels of individuals in multi-group settings. Consistent with existing finding we find a negative relationship between income dispersion and conspicuous consumption. Further, using South African data, we find evidence that increasing the income distribution has precisely the reverse of the hypothesized effect: as the dispersion of income within a group increases, rich households in the group tend to reduce spending on visible goods, while the poor tend to increase spending on visible goods.
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto11
dc.subject.keywordsJ15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.keywordsD83 - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief
dc.subject.keywordsD12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
dc.subject.keywordsO12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
dc.subject.keywordsConspicuous consumption
dc.subject.keywordsincome distribution
dc.subject.keywordssignaling
dc.subject.keywordsstatus
dc.subject.keywordsSouth Africa
dc.title2012-02: Conspicuous consumption and the distribution of income within social groups (Working paper)
dc.typeReport
dc.type.descriptionDiscussion Paper
gro.facultyGriffith Business School
gro.description.notepublicEconomics and Business Statistics
gro.rights.copyrightCopyright © 2010 by author(s). No part of this paper may be reproduced in any form, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior permission of the author(s).
gro.date.issued2012
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gro.griffith.authorChai, Andreas


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