The worth of goods : valuation and pricing in the economy / edited by Jens Beckert and Patrik Aspers.
| Other author | Beckert, Jens, 1967- |
| Other author | Aspers, Patrik, 1970- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. |
| Description | xiii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Value in markets -- I: What is valuable? -- Price and prejudice: on economics and the enchantment (and disenchantment) of nature -- What is the price of a scientific paper? -- The value of ethics: monitoring normative compliance in ethical consumption markets -- The transcending power of goods: imaginative value in the economy -- II: Aesthetic markets -- Symbolic value and the establishment of prices: globalization of the wine market -- Pricing looks: circuits of value in fashion modeling markets -- Damien's dangerous idea" valuing contemporary art at auction -- Infinite surprises: on the stabilization of value in the creative industries -- III: Financial markets -- Forecasting as valuation: the role of ratings and predictions in the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States -- Selling value in Kenya's Nairobi stock exchange -- Coping with contingencies in equity option markets: the "rationality" of pricing -- IV: Organizations -- Valuing products as cultural symbols: a conceptual framework and empirical illustration. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011283918 |
| ISBN | 9780199594641 |
| ISBN | 0199594643 |
| ISBN | 0199594651 (pbk.0 |
| ISBN | 9780199594658 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HB221 .W67 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |