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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Bianchi, Marina
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2007.
SeriesAdvances in Austrian economics ; v. 10.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849505093
ISSN1529-2134 ;
DOI10.1016/S1529-2134(2007)10
Physical Description1 online resource (280 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • From Carl Menger's theory of goods to an evolutionary approach to consumer behaviour / Wilhelm Ruprecht
  • What shall 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 Giacinto, 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
  • Introduction / Marina Bianchi.