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Veblen effects

Veblen effects is the plural of Veblen effect.

Meaning of Veblen effect

Noun

Veblen effect (plural Veblen effects)

  1. Conspicuous consumption.
    • The Veblen effect, unlike the other two effects, is a response by consumers to the ostentatious price of the good rather than to the quantity others are buying. It is the effect generally known as conspicuous consumption.2020, Judy Whitehead, Microeconomics: A Global Text, Routledge, →ISBN, page 111

Questions about Veblen effects

What is Veblen effects the plural of?
Veblen effects is the plural of Veblen effect.

Words near Veblen effects in the dictionary

  1. Veazey
  2. Veazeys
  3. Veazie
  4. Veblen
  5. Veblen effect
  6. Veblen effects
  7. Veblen good
  8. Veblen goods
  9. Veblen's theorem
  10. Veblenian
  11. Veblens

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