Escaping the Gift Economy

Researchers have analyzed the dark side of the gift, but they have remained blind to what it implies about the market. Drawing on the experiences of a group of informants who participated in an ethnographical study of house moving in Montreal, Canada, this article provides significant evidence that...

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Published in:The Journal of consumer research 2009-12, Vol.36 (4), p.671-685
Main Author: Marcoux, Jean‐Sébastien
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Economic theory
Ethnicity
Gift giving
Gifts
Market economies
Social interaction
Studies
Values
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