Purchase Patterns, Socioeconomic Status, and Political Inclination

This paper analyzes millions of credit card transaction records during several months for tens of thousands of individuals from two different countries. The study shows that, purchase patterns are strongly correlated with important societal indices such as socioeconomic status and political inclinat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dong, Xiaowen, Jahani, Eaman, Morales, Alfredo J., Bozkaya, Burçin, Lepri, Bruno, Pentland, Alex
Other Authors: MIT Connection Science (Research institute)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Bank Economic Review 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130281