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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455191303321

Autore

Becker Gary S (Gary Stanley), <1930->

Titolo

Accounting for tastes [[electronic resource] /] / Gary S. Becker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-674-02065-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288p. ) : ill

Disciplina

339.47

Soggetti

Consumers' preferences

Consumer behavior

Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects

Human capital

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Personal Capital 1. Preferences and Values De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum A Theory of Rational Addiction Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction Habits, Addictions, and Traditions Part 2: Social Capital The Economic Way of Looking at Life A Theory of Social Interactions A Note on Restaurant Pricing and Other Examples of Social Influences on Price A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad Norms and the Formation of Preferences Spouses and Beggars: Love and Sympathy Acknowledgments References Index

Sommario/riassunto

Economists generally accept as given the old adage that there's no accounting for taste. Nobel Laureate Gary Becker disagrees, and in this collection confronts the problem of preferences and values.