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Popular Culture and Peer Effects in Consumption: Survey of Economic Consequences

Popular Culture and Peer Effects in Consumption: Survey of Economic Consequences

Unay Tamgac Tezcan
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522584919|ISBN10: 1522584919|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522585121|EISBN13: 9781522584926
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8491-9.ch002
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Tezcan, Unay Tamgac. "Popular Culture and Peer Effects in Consumption: Survey of Economic Consequences." Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age, edited by Ozlen Ozgen, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 11-35. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8491-9.ch002

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Tezcan, U. T. (2019). Popular Culture and Peer Effects in Consumption: Survey of Economic Consequences. In O. Ozgen (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age (pp. 11-35). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8491-9.ch002

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Tezcan, Unay Tamgac. "Popular Culture and Peer Effects in Consumption: Survey of Economic Consequences." In Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age, edited by Ozlen Ozgen, 11-35. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8491-9.ch002

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Abstract

People are not living in isolation and they are largely affected by the people around themselves. People's consumption decisions are also influenced by the decisions and actions of their peers, what is called “consumption peer effects.” In the last decades there have been two major changes in the social and economic life that has affected masses: the internet revolution and the rise in inequality. Consequently, peer effects have become more important in consumption decisions and so has been its aggregate impact. This chapter provides a survey on consumption peer effects and its economic consequences by relying on recent empirical findings. It starts with a discussion on peer effects and conspicuous consumption, why and how comparisons are made, and how culture affects peer effects. Following is a discussion on the recent changes in the popular culture, their effect on peer effects and the resulting consequences. The chapter concludes with some policy recommendations.

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