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The evolution of consumption : theories and practices /

The theory of consumer choice fills the opening chapters of any micro-economic textbook. Yet, surprisingly, this position of privilege has not translated into a flourishing of economic research that is comparable to what has happened in other branches of economic reasoning. Starting with Menger, the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bianchi, Marina, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : JAI, 2007.
Colección:Advances in Austrian economics ; v. 10.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Carl Menger's theory of goods to an evolutionary approach to consumer behaviour / Wilhelm Ruprecht
  • What should I do? (Or why consumer theory should focus on time-use and activities, rather than on commodities / Ian Steedman
  • Idiosyncratic learning, creative consumption and well-being / Marina Di Giancinto, Francesco Ferrante
  • A Shacklean approach to the demand for movies / John Sedgwick
  • The evolution of entertainment consumption and the emergence of cinema, 1890-1940 / Gerben Bakker
  • Cinema and TV : an empirical investigation of Italian consumers / Andrea Sisto, Roberto Zanola
  • Smoke signals : adolescent smoking and school continuation / Philip J. Cook, Rebecca Hutchinson
  • Fashion, growth and welfare : an evolutionary approach / Andreas Chai, Peter E. Earl, Jason Potts
  • Fashion : why people like it and theorists do not / Luciano Andreozzi, Marina Bianchi
  • Does context matter more for some goods than others? / Robert H. Frank.