Fungibility, labels, and consumption

Fungibility of money is a central assumption in the theory of consumer choice: any unit of money is substitutable for another. This implies that the composition of income or wealth is irrelevant for consumption. We find that even in a simple, incentivized setup many subjects do not treat money as fu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abeler, J, Marklein, F
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2016