3 papers
econ.TH2026
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…
econ.TH2025
Network Threshold Games
Alastair Langtry, Sarah Taylor, Yifan Zhang
This paper proposes a new lens for studying threshold games played on networks when the thresholds are heterogeneous. These are games where agents have two possible actions, and pr…
econ.TH2025
More connection, less community: network formation and local public goods provision
Alastair Langtry
This paper presents a model of network formation and public goods provision in local communities. Here, networks can sustain public good provision by spreading information about pe…