Choosing the Joneses: Endogenous Goals and Reference Standards
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Economics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0347-0520,1467-9442
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.00370.x