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How much do others matter? Explaining positional concerns for different goods and personal characteristics

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How much do others matter? Explaining positional concerns for different goods and personal characteristics. / Hillesheim, Inga; Mechtel, Mario.
In: Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 34, 02.2013, p. 61-77.

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Hillesheim, I & Mechtel, M 2013, 'How much do others matter? Explaining positional concerns for different goods and personal characteristics', Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 34, pp. 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2012.11.006

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Hillesheim, I., & Mechtel, M. (2013). How much do others matter? Explaining positional concerns for different goods and personal characteristics. Journal of Economic Psychology, 34, 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2012.11.006

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Hillesheim I, Mechtel M. How much do others matter? Explaining positional concerns for different goods and personal characteristics. Journal of Economic Psychology. 2013 Feb;34:61-77. doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.11.006

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title = "How much do others matter?: Explaining positional concerns for different goods and personal characteristics",
abstract = "We test concerns for relative standing with respect to private consumption, income, leisure, savings, and personal characteristics, using data from a classroom survey. Our results show highest degrees of positionality for personal characteristics and income. In order to explain positionality, we employ survey participants{\textquoteright} ratings of items with respect to (i) observability and (ii) non-psychological negative externalities on others. Based on these ratings, our results show that non-psychological externalities play an important role for an item{\textquoteright}s degree of positionality. In contrast to previous research, we find that there is no statistically significant effect of an item{\textquoteright}s observability on its degree of positionality.",
keywords = "Economics, Behavioral economics, Relative consumption, Other-regarding preferences",
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