Does misery love company? An experimental investigation
[How much do we care about absolute versus relative income and consumption?]
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- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
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