Valuing the Unique : : The Economics of Singularities /

Valuing the Unique : : The Economics of Singularities / / Lucien Karpik.

In this landmark work of economic sociology, Lucien Karpik introduces the theory and practical tools needed to analyze markets for singularities. Singularities are goods and services that cannot be studied by standard methods because they are multidimensional, incommensurable, and of uncertain quali...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Karpik, Lucien,
TeilnehmendeR:
Scott, Nora.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2010
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 2 line illus. 5 tables.
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t List of Illustrations and Tables --   |t Preface --   |t Part One: An Overlooked Reality --   |t Part Two: Tools for Analysis --   |t Part Three: Economic Coordination Regimes --   |t Part Four: Finale --   |t Conclusion: Economics of Singularities and Individualism --   |t Index 
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520 |a In this landmark work of economic sociology, Lucien Karpik introduces the theory and practical tools needed to analyze markets for singularities. Singularities are goods and services that cannot be studied by standard methods because they are multidimensional, incommensurable, and of uncertain quality. Examples include movies, novels, music, artwork, fine wine, lawyers, and doctors. Valuing the Unique provides a theoretical framework to explain this important class of products and markets that for so long have eluded neoclassical economics. With this innovative theory--called the economics of singularities--Karpik shows that, because of the uncertainty and the highly subjective valuation of singularities, these markets are necessarily equipped with what he calls "judgment devices"--such as labels, brands, guides, critics, and rankings--which provide consumers with the credible knowledge needed to make reasonable choices. He explains why these markets are characterized by the primacy of competition by qualities over competition by prices, and he identifies the conditions under which singularities are constructed or are in danger of losing their uniqueness. After demonstrating how combinations of the numerous and multiform judgment devices can be used to identify different market models, Karpik applies his analytical tools to the functioning of a large number of actual markets, including fine wines, movies, luxury goods, pop music, and legal services. 
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653 |a Calculation. 
653 |a Capitalism. 
653 |a Christian Lacroix. 
653 |a Clothing. 
653 |a Commoditization. 
653 |a Commodity. 
653 |a Confidence trick. 
653 |a Consideration. 
653 |a Consumer. 
653 |a Credence good. 
653 |a Criticism. 
653 |a Customer. 
653 |a Diploma. 
653 |a Discount store. 
653 |a Discourse. 
653 |a Disenchantment. 
653 |a Distrust. 
653 |a Economic efficiency. 
653 |a Economic equilibrium. 
653 |a Economic rent. 
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653 |a Mark Granovetter. 
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653 |a Marketing. 
653 |a Media culture. 
653 |a Mid-ocean ridge. 
653 |a Modernity. 
653 |a Multivariate analysis. 
653 |a N. (novella). 
653 |a Obstacle. 
653 |a Oligopoly. 
653 |a Opportunism. 
653 |a Originality. 
653 |a Personal network. 
653 |a Phenomenon. 
653 |a Political movement. 
653 |a Popular music. 
653 |a Price Lists. 
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653 |a Principal–agent problem. 
653 |a Profession. 
653 |a Professional services. 
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653 |a Relative strength. 
653 |a Reputation. 
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653 |a Solicitor. 
653 |a Solidity. 
653 |a Spheres of exchange. 
653 |a Standardization. 
653 |a Subjectivity. 
653 |a Supermarket. 
653 |a The Interpretation of Dreams. 
653 |a The Journal of Business. 
653 |a The Other Hand. 
653 |a Theory Of Price. 
653 |a Theory. 
653 |a Uncertainty. 
653 |a Visual search. 
653 |a Viviana Zelizer. 
653 |a Walter Benjamin. 
653 |a Weighting. 
653 |a Western Hemisphere. 
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