Kjell Arne Brekke, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway and Richard B. Howarth, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College, US

‘Status, Growth and the Environment is an impressive book. It employs a series of well-known mathematical models to explore ideas that have previously been discussed in a qualitative way.'

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Consumption, Identity and Behavioral Motivation 3. The Psychology of Well-Being 4. Modelling Socially Contingent Preferences 5. Status Signalling and Environmental Externalities 6. Status Signalling and Taxation 7. Status Signalling and Climate Change 8. Status Signalling and Economic Growth 9. Status Signalling and Environmental Kuznets Curves 10. Social Status in Applied Welfare Economics: Models and Rhetoric Bibliography Index

Kjell Arne Brekke, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway and Richard B. Howarth, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College, US

‘Status, Growth and the Environment is an impressive book. It employs a series of well-known mathematical models to explore ideas that have previously been discussed in a qualitative way.'

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Consumption, Identity and Behavioral Motivation 3. The Psychology of Well-Being 4. Modelling Socially Contingent Preferences 5. Status Signalling and Environmental Externalities 6. Status Signalling and Taxation 7. Status Signalling and Climate Change 8. Status Signalling and Economic Growth 9. Status Signalling and Environmental Kuznets Curves 10. Social Status in Applied Welfare Economics: Models and Rhetoric Bibliography Index

Kjell Arne Brekke, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway and Richard B. Howarth, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College, US

‘Status, Growth and the Environment is an impressive book. It employs a series of well-known mathematical models to explore ideas that have previously been discussed in a qualitative way.'

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Consumption, Identity and Behavioral Motivation 3. The Psychology of Well-Being 4. Modelling Socially Contingent Preferences 5. Status Signalling and Environmental Externalities 6. Status Signalling and Taxation 7. Status Signalling and Climate Change 8. Status Signalling and Economic Growth 9. Status Signalling and Environmental Kuznets Curves 10. Social Status in Applied Welfare Economics: Models and Rhetoric Bibliography Index