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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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