Signaling Status: The Impact of Relative Income on Household Consumption and Financial Decisions
Signaling Status: The Impact of Relative Income on Household Consumption and Financial Decisions
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Linthicum: INFORMS
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English
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Linthicum: INFORMS
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This paper investigates the importance of status in household consumption and credit decisions using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances linked to tract-level data in the American Community Survey. We find that relatively richer households in the census tract use more debt and spend more on high-status cars. Also, county-level evidence shows...
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Signaling Status: The Impact of Relative Income on Household Consumption and Financial Decisions
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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1287_mnsc_2019_3577
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1287_mnsc_2019_3577
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0025-1909
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1526-5501
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10.1287/mnsc.2019.3577
