Choosing the Right Pond

Human Behavior and the Quest for Status
ISBN13: 9780195049459ISBN10: 0195049454 Paperback, 299 pages
Feb 1987,  In Stock

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Is it better to be a big frog in a small pond or a small frog in a big pond? Here, economist Robert H. Frank argues that concerns about status permeate and profoundly alter a broad range of human behavior. He shows how status considerations affect the salaries people earn, the way they spend them, and even many of the laws, regulations, and cultural norms they adopt. Provocative and insightful, this book is sure to spark widespread and lively debate in classrooms and boardrooms alike.

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299 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-19-504945-9ISBN10: 0-19-504945-4

About the Author(s)

Robert H. Frank, Professor of Economics, Cornell University

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