3 papers
econ.TH2026
Mobile but Miserable: Social comparison networks and social mobility
Patrick Allmis, Matthew Elliott, Christian Ghiglino +1
Although social mobility is widely viewed as desirable, we document an 'inverse-U' shaped relationship with well-being: mobility is positively associated with well-being when low,…
econ.GN2026
The Joneses Visit an Economics Lab
Mikhail Freer, Daniel Friedman, Christian Ghiglino +1
Existing literature offers persuasive evidence that individuals care about how their consumption compares to that of peers, and proposes a large variety of explanatory models. The…
econ.TH2023
Status substitution and conspicuous consumption
Alastair Langtry, Christian Ghiglino
This paper adapts ideas from social identity theory to set out a new framework for modelling conspicuous consumption. Agents derive utility from their consumption of a status good…