Consumer Interdependence via Reference Groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10183652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hiroaki Hayakawa (0000-0003-0286-3873), Yiannis P Venieris, Yiannis Venieris |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 599-615 |
| Publication date | 1977-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3808 • E-ISSN: 1537-534X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/260585 |
| OpenAlex | W4245174222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
In solving choice problems under bounded rationality, one relies on "heuristics" provided by social interdependence. Such "heuristics" consist in taking a particular social group as a reference group and in emulating its life-style by acquiring an associated cluster of complementary wants. A preference map generated by this reference-group-taking behavior exhibits smooth indifference curves which are convex to the origin with a "relevant range" over which the marginal rate of substitution is positive and diminishing. However, its implications on consumer choice and welfare economics are significantly different from those of traditional theory
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0.36 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |