Sökning: "Conspicuous Consumption"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden Conspicuous Consumption.

  1. 1. Essays on Inequality, Insolvency and Innovation

    Författare :Paula Roth; Erik Lindqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inequality; Relative Deprivation; Consumption; Household Debt; Risk-sharing; Social Comparison; Status; Conspicuous Consumption; Innovation; Occupational Choice; Insolvency; Entrepreneurship; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : First Impressions Last – Does Inequality Increase Status Consumption and Household Debt? (with Elin Molin): Recent decades have seen an increase in income inequality and household debt-to-GDP ratios in many countries, and several studies have suggested that higher income inequality spurs borrowing among nonrich households through their preference to "Keep up with the Joneses". In this paper, we show that standard Keeping up with the Joneses utility functions cannot generate this relationship unless one imposes the implausible assumption that the rich are more impatient than the nonrich. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Hållbarhet till middag : En etnologisk studie om hur miljövänligt ätande praktiseras i vardagslivet

    Författare :Matilda Marshall; Katarzyna Wolanik Boström; Alf Arvidsson; Magdalena Petersson McIntyre; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sustainability; food; consumption; sustainable consumption; practices; social practice theory; practice bundles; organic food; local food; culture; everyday life; ethnography; ethnology; green distinction; green capital; Hållbarhet; mat; konsumtion; hållbar konsumtion; praktiker; praktikteori; praktikknippen; ekologisk mat; lokalproducerad mat; kultur; vardagsliv; etnografi; etnologi; grön distinktion; grönt kapital; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : Sustainability has become a conspicuous term in the public and political debate, as well as in the landscapes of consumption. This study focuses on how people understand and practice sustainability through food in their everyday life. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Rätt till jakt: en studie av den svenska jakträtten ca 1600-1789

    Författare :Ulf Nyrén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Conspicuous consumption; game laws; hunting; inconspicuous actions; legislation; nobility; peasantry; poaching; repression; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : ABSTRACT Ph.D. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Köpmannen i Stockholm : Grosshandlares ekonomiska och sociala strategier under 1700-talet

    Författare :Karin Ågren; Susanna Hedenborg; Ylva Hasselberg; Gudrun Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; merchant; eighteenth century; network; Stockholm; Skeppsbro nobility; economic and social strategies; credit network; wholesalers; immigrant tradesmen; marriage strategies; conspicuous consumption; social mobility; bankruptcy; immigrant congregation; inventories; Gamla stan; trade capitalism; trading house; Ekonomisk historia; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis has been to describe and explain why wholesalers in Stockholm during the eighteenth century acted as they did. This analysis is built on the idea that peoples’ possibilities to act depends on the context in which they live and the person’s network. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Status Spotting- A Consumer Cultural Exploration into Ordinary Status Consumption of "Home" and Home Aesthetics

    Författare :Sofia Ulver; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Status; Consumers; Home; Aesthetics; lifestyle; Status Consumption; Marketing; Consumer Culture; Globalization;

    Sammanfattning : When lumping the notions of “status” and “consumption” together, people often think of expensive brands, conspicuous luxury, bling-bling and spectacular extravaganza. Not least in the case of the “home,” such associations go to Hollywood stars, spacious mansions, famous architects, swimming pools, and high-priced furniture design frenzy. LÄS MER