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Mass Culture, Imports and Conspicuous Consumption

Annie Tubadji Orcid Logo, Ruxiang Wee, Don J. Webber

Journal of Economic Issues, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 735 - 759

Swansea University Author: Annie Tubadji Orcid Logo

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This study investigates how a country’s promotion of its culture affects anothercountry’s consumption patterns. We collected primary data from Malaysians abouttheir exposure to Korean drama and consumption of Korean cosmetics in order to testwhether the imaging of Korean cultural richness through th...

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ISSN: 0021-3624 1946-326X
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