Crime and conspicuous consumption

This paper develops an incomplete information model wherein individuals face a trade-off between status and security when deciding the optimal amount of conspicuous consumption. On the one hand, we assume that individuals derive utility from status, which is obtained by signaling wealth through the...

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Autores:

Mejía Londoño, Daniel
Restrepo, Pascual

Tipo de recurso:

Work document

Fecha de publicación:

2010

Institución:

Universidad de los Andes

Repositorio:

Séneca: repositorio Uniandes

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8230

Acceso en línea:

http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8230

Palabra clave:

Crimen
Consumo conspicuo
Preocupaciones por status
Preferencias de los consumidores
Consumidores - Actitudes
K42, D11, D12

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openAccess

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/