Accounting for Tastes
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Becker argues that past experiences and social influences form two basic capital stocks, personal and social, and applies these concepts to assessing the effects of advertising, the power of peer pressure, the nature of addiction, and the function of habits.
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Consumer behaviour is the classical field for studying demand using hedonic modelling of preference and choice.
“Consumer behaviour is the classical field for studying demand using hedonic modelling of preference and choice (Scitovsky, 1976; Becker 1996).”
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- Authors
- Becker, G. S.
- Corresponding author
- Becker, Gary S.
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- 1996-12-31
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- Keywords
- Gary Becker, human capital, social capital, taste, advertising effects, peer pressure, addiction, habit, social influence, personal capital
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