A link to the first Meaning of Consumption Conference were are organizing in August 2008.
Working Papers:
Conspicuous Consumption and Expenditure Visibility: Measurement and Application (August, 2007).
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1004543
Cobb-Douglas Utility With Nonlinear Engel Curves in a Conspicuous Consumption Model (August, 2007).
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1004544
The above two papers are based on the first chapter of my Ph.D. dissertation, Conspicuous Consumption and the Visibility of Consumer Expenditures (Princeton University, 2004). The first paper updates the empirical analysis, the second details the model. The original chapter—with more discussions, but less (and now redundant) empirics—is available here.
Who Sees What? Demographics and the Visibility of Consumer Expenditures (August, 2007).
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1004545