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Keeping up by robbing the Joneses

Rosaria DistefanoDepartment of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Livio FerranteDepartment of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Catania, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Francesco ReitoDepartment of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Pages 290-294 | Published online: 23 Apr 2018

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