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What Drives Conspicuous Consumption? - The Case Of Chinese Consumers, Y. Henry Xie
What Drives Conspicuous Consumption? - The Case Of Chinese Consumers, Y. Henry Xie
Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings
Conspicuous consumption refers to a type of consumer behavior that people display wealth by spending a large proportion of their incomes on luxury products and services (Trigg, 2001). Different from other goods, the satisfaction that conspicuous goods provide buyers often comes from audience’s reaction, as opposed to product’s actual use (Wong, 1997). In other words, consumers exhibit certain conspicuous consumption behaviors due to their hopes to be seen more favorably in the greater social hierarchy (Podoshen, Li, & Zhang, 2011).