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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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Metadata
- Authors
- Becker, G. S.
- Corresponding author
- Becker, Gary S.
- Venue
- Harvard University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Published
- 1996-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W1979933087
- Cited by
- 1,379
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 54 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 49 · 2015: 37 · 2014: 47 · 2013: 45 · 2012: 62
- FWCI
- 12.24
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Harvard University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Theory and Institutions
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Keywords
- Gary Becker, human capital, social capital, taste, advertising effects, peer pressure, addiction, habit, social influence, personal capital
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