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Auctions : The Social Construction Of Value  Cover Image Book Book

Auctions : The Social Construction Of Value / Charles W. Smith.

Summary:

Smith tells how the straight capitalist economic law of supply and demand rarely governs the auction process, and how the beliefs and actions of the auction participants determine value

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780029295304
  • Physical Description: xii, 225 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Free Press ; c1989.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
 Includes index and Bibliography: p. 193-218.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface -- Auctions everywhere -- For how much and to whom? The basic questions -- Creating and maintaining auction communities -- The search for a fair price: the primary objective -- The show: putting it all together -- Bargains and bonanzas: structures and strategies -- What auctions tell us about values.
Subject: Economic Sociology.
Auctions. > Social aspects. > United States.
ეკონომიკური სოციოლოგია.
აუქციონები. > სოციალური ასპექტები.

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Summary: Smith tells how the straight capitalist economic law of supply and demand rarely governs the auction process, and how the beliefs and actions of the auction participants determine value

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