The Price of Prestige

14 chapter one do not always behave in this predictable way. In some cases, an increase in price may lead to an increase in dema ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 15 find that the handicap principle is tightly connected to issues of hierarchy and prestige ...

16 chapter one extravagant potlatch feasts. Instead of fighting wars, competitions were played out when tribes demonstrated thei ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 17 just as easily chosen a “diet” consisting of higher teachers’ wages, invest- ment in carbo ...

18 chapter one a result of a strategic calculation or prestige- seeking behavior or whether Brazil’s aircraft carrier purchase i ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 19 others. Some of this variance may be due to personality differences be- tween individuals ...

20 chapter one assume that they are independent of each other, that is, if we assume that actors are not in any way affected by ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 21 separate themselves from these patterns by adopting unique tastes. For a bandwagoner, an i ...

22 chapter one investment in a resplendent tail guarantees a better selection of mates. This handicap, therefore, is not wholly ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 23 positions, such as chairperson or treasurer, which can become coveted as part of this stru ...

24 chapter one significant reduction in productivity, leading some analysts to propose government restriction on working hours ( ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 25 of many social institutions to be unobservable to those who are part of the society. For B ...

26 chapter one preferences, which are in turn defined only by behavior. The result can very easily be circular, and in many form ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 27 who experience status anxiety, mostly as a result of sudden social mobility, are expected ...

28 chapter one to be particularly impressed by acts of conspicuous consumption, even when they clearly hold very little substanc ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 29 have to invent new prestige symbols in the hope of creating more effec- tive restrictions ...

30 chapter one they would be characterized by high stakes and evident choices.^52 National security is such a domain. In other w ...

explaining conspicuous consumption 31 target for conspicuous consumers. Here actors employ their resources in an attempt to help ...

32 chapter one consumed by a wider set of actors and by a different stratum of interna- tional social hierarchy, expanding the s ...

chapter two Status Symbols and Luxury Goods in International Relations sir humphrey: Don’t you believe that Great Britain should ...