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Scroogenomics [[electronic resource] ] : why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays / / Joel Waldfogel
Scroogenomics [[electronic resource] ] : why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays / / Joel Waldfogel
Autore Waldfogel Joel <1962->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (187 p.)
Disciplina 339.4/7
Soggetto topico Consumption (Economics)
Gifts
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 9786612935695
1-4008-3125-3
1-282-93569-0
1-282-29830-5
9786612298301
1-4008-3074-5
Classificazione QC 110
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Spending and Satisfaction -- CHAPTER THREE. U.S. Holiday Spending -- CHAPTER FOUR. How Much Waste Occurs at Christmas? -- CHAPTER FIVE. Why We Do It: Are Gift Recipients Crackheads, or What? -- CHAPTER SIX. Giving and Waste around the World -- CHAPTER SEVEN. A Century of American Yuletide Spending -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Have Yourself a Borrowed Little Christmas -- CHAPTER NINE. Is Christmas Like Spam, Underwear, or Caviar? -- CHAPTER TEN. Christmas and Commercialism: Are Santa and Jesus on the Same Team? If So, Who's Team Captain? -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Stop Carping; It's All for the Best -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Making Giving More Effi cient with Cash and Gift Cards -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Giving and Redistribution -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Solutions-Making Gift Giving a Force for Good -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454925703321
Waldfogel Joel <1962->  
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Scroogenomics [[electronic resource] ] : why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays / / Joel Waldfogel
Scroogenomics [[electronic resource] ] : why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays / / Joel Waldfogel
Autore Waldfogel Joel <1962->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (187 p.)
Disciplina 339.4/7
Soggetto topico Consumption (Economics)
Gifts
ISBN 9786612935695
1-4008-3125-3
1-282-93569-0
1-282-29830-5
9786612298301
1-4008-3074-5
Classificazione QC 110
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Spending and Satisfaction -- CHAPTER THREE. U.S. Holiday Spending -- CHAPTER FOUR. How Much Waste Occurs at Christmas? -- CHAPTER FIVE. Why We Do It: Are Gift Recipients Crackheads, or What? -- CHAPTER SIX. Giving and Waste around the World -- CHAPTER SEVEN. A Century of American Yuletide Spending -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Have Yourself a Borrowed Little Christmas -- CHAPTER NINE. Is Christmas Like Spam, Underwear, or Caviar? -- CHAPTER TEN. Christmas and Commercialism: Are Santa and Jesus on the Same Team? If So, Who's Team Captain? -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Stop Carping; It's All for the Best -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Making Giving More Effi cient with Cash and Gift Cards -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Giving and Redistribution -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Solutions-Making Gift Giving a Force for Good -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778583003321
Waldfogel Joel <1962->  
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Scroogenomics [[electronic resource] ] : why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays / / Joel Waldfogel
Scroogenomics [[electronic resource] ] : why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays / / Joel Waldfogel
Autore Waldfogel Joel <1962->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (187 p.)
Disciplina 339.4/7
Soggetto topico Consumption (Economics)
Gifts
ISBN 9786612935695
1-4008-3125-3
1-282-93569-0
1-282-29830-5
9786612298301
1-4008-3074-5
Classificazione QC 110
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Spending and Satisfaction -- CHAPTER THREE. U.S. Holiday Spending -- CHAPTER FOUR. How Much Waste Occurs at Christmas? -- CHAPTER FIVE. Why We Do It: Are Gift Recipients Crackheads, or What? -- CHAPTER SIX. Giving and Waste around the World -- CHAPTER SEVEN. A Century of American Yuletide Spending -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Have Yourself a Borrowed Little Christmas -- CHAPTER NINE. Is Christmas Like Spam, Underwear, or Caviar? -- CHAPTER TEN. Christmas and Commercialism: Are Santa and Jesus on the Same Team? If So, Who's Team Captain? -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Stop Carping; It's All for the Best -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Making Giving More Effi cient with Cash and Gift Cards -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Giving and Redistribution -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Solutions-Making Gift Giving a Force for Good -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910811572703321
Waldfogel Joel <1962->  
Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The tyranny of the market [[electronic resource] ] : why you can't always get what you want / / Joel Waldfogel
The tyranny of the market [[electronic resource] ] : why you can't always get what you want / / Joel Waldfogel
Autore Waldfogel Joel <1962->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina 381
Soggetto topico Consumers' preferences
Majorities
Supply and demand
Social choice
Free enterprise
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-674-04479-7
Classificazione MS 5560
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Theory -- Markets and the tyranny of the majority -- Are "lumpy" markets a problem? -- Empirical evidence -- Who benefits whom in practice -- Who benefits whom in the neighborhood -- Preference minorities as citizens and consumers -- Market solutions and their limits -- Market enlargement and consumer liberation -- Fixed costs, product quality, and market size -- Trade and the tyranny of alien majorities -- Salvation through new technologies -- Policy solutions and their limits -- Government subsidies and insufficient demand -- Books and liquor: two case studies.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455147203321
Waldfogel Joel <1962->  
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The tyranny of the market [[electronic resource] ] : why you can't always get what you want / / Joel Waldfogel
The tyranny of the market [[electronic resource] ] : why you can't always get what you want / / Joel Waldfogel
Autore Waldfogel Joel <1962->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina 381
Soggetto topico Consumers' preferences
Majorities
Supply and demand
Social choice
Free enterprise
ISBN 0-674-04479-7
Classificazione MS 5560
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Theory -- Markets and the tyranny of the majority -- Are "lumpy" markets a problem? -- Empirical evidence -- Who benefits whom in practice -- Who benefits whom in the neighborhood -- Preference minorities as citizens and consumers -- Market solutions and their limits -- Market enlargement and consumer liberation -- Fixed costs, product quality, and market size -- Trade and the tyranny of alien majorities -- Salvation through new technologies -- Policy solutions and their limits -- Government subsidies and insufficient demand -- Books and liquor: two case studies.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778451803321
Waldfogel Joel <1962->  
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The tyranny of the market [[electronic resource] ] : why you can't always get what you want / / Joel Waldfogel
The tyranny of the market [[electronic resource] ] : why you can't always get what you want / / Joel Waldfogel
Autore Waldfogel Joel <1962->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina 381
Soggetto topico Consumers' preferences
Majorities
Supply and demand
Social choice
Free enterprise
ISBN 0-674-04479-7
Classificazione MS 5560
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Theory -- Markets and the tyranny of the majority -- Are "lumpy" markets a problem? -- Empirical evidence -- Who benefits whom in practice -- Who benefits whom in the neighborhood -- Preference minorities as citizens and consumers -- Market solutions and their limits -- Market enlargement and consumer liberation -- Fixed costs, product quality, and market size -- Trade and the tyranny of alien majorities -- Salvation through new technologies -- Policy solutions and their limits -- Government subsidies and insufficient demand -- Books and liquor: two case studies.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814229903321
Waldfogel Joel <1962->  
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui