Autori
Fiorito, Luca
Vatiero, Massimiliano

Titolo
A Joint Reading of Positional and Relational Goods
Periodico
Economia politica
Anno: 2013 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 87 - Pagina finale: 96

Both relational and positional goods are based upon an idea of joint consumption - though withopposite signs. Indeed, in both cases, individuals' consumption choices take into account not only theindividuals themselves, but others, as well. Given that relational goods provide a form of identity to theirconsumers, we show that a certain degree of positionality emerges within the consumption of relationalgoods. Analogously, except in a two-agent context, each positional good also has a relational component.What emerges is a complex structure of economic outcomes based on both relational and positional motives.



SICI: 1120-2890(2013)1<87:AJROPA>2.0.ZU;2-5
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