Download This PaperStatus Signaling and Conspicuous Consumption: The Demand for Counterfeit Status Goods Literature Review
24 Pages Posted: 2 Mar 2021
Date Written: September 21, 2011
Abstract
A literature review examining the economics of the demand for counterfeit status goods. The paper covers key concepts, including: status goods, conspicuous consumption, status signaling, and snob, aspiration & bandwagon effects. This paper was presented at the London Fashion Colloquium held at University of the Arts London College of Fashion, September 21-22, 2011.
Keywords: Counterfeit, Status Goods, Fashion Goods, Intellectual Property, Conspicuous Consumption
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Searle, Nicola, Status Signaling and Conspicuous Consumption: The Demand for Counterfeit Status Goods Literature Review (September 21, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3795483 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3795483
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