Does equality increase status spending?

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 14:32 in Mathematics & Economics

People are happier when goods are more equally distributed, but equality makes people want to spend more to get ahead of their neighbors, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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