Bilancini, Ennio and Boncinelli, Leonardo Ordinal vs cardinal status: Two examples. Economics Letters, 101 (1). pp. 17-19. ISSN 01651765 (2008)
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We demonstrate that in models where agents have concerns for status the model predictions can drastically change depending on whether status is modelled as an ordinal or cardinal magnitude. As a proof, we show that two well known theoretical findings are not robust to the substitution of ordinal status with cardinal status [Frank, R.H., The Demand for Unobservable and Other Positional Goods. American Economic Review, (75):101–116, 1985.] and viceversa [Clark, A. and Oswald, R.J., Comparison-Concave Utility and Following Behavior in Social and Economic Settings. Journal of Public Economics, (70):133–155, 1998.].
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2008.03.027 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Status; Social comparison; Ordinality; Cardinality |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Research Area: | Economics and Institutional Change |
| Depositing User: | Caterina Tangheroni |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2018 12:26 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2018 12:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/3889 |
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