Old money, the nouveau riche and Brunhilde's marriage dilemma : conference paper

Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin; Glazer, Amihai; Konrad, Kai A.

This paper proposes a screening approach to explain why dating is associated with purchasing status products and conspicuous gift giving. A potential bride searching for a husband may seek to screen candidates whose income is only partially observable. Taking into account that she also bears part of the screening costs, she can sort candidates by offering a menu of contracts that triggers but also constrains conspicuous consumption.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Bronsert, Anne-Kathrin ; Glazer, Amihai ; Konrad, Kai A.
Published in:	Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2014: Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik Session: Marriage and children ; V3
Publisher:	[Kiel : ZBW
Subject:	marriage \| screening \| search \| conspicuous consumption \| status \| Ehe \| Marriage \| Sozialer Status \| Social status \| Theorie \| Theory \| Nachfrageinterdependenz \| Interdependent preferences \| Familienökonomik \| Family economics \| Signalling

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (27 S.) graph. Darst.
Conferences:	Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik: Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik ; 2014
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Konferenzschrift ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/100385 [Handle]
Classification:	J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; D83 - Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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