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Wasteful Consumption

Wasteful Consumption is a pattern of resource utilization in which goods and services are expended in excess of necessity, yielding negligible utility relative to their environmental, economic, or social cost.

166

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9.9K

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342

Authors

190

Institutions

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2017–2026

56

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Publications

166

Signaling Theory, Strategic Interaction, and Symbolic Capital

Rebecca Bliege Bird, Eric Alden Smith · Current Anthropology · 2005 · 899 citations

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Secondhandedness: Consumption, Disposal, and Absent Presence

Kevin Hetherington · Environment and Planning D Society and Space · 2004 · 535 citations

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The Afterlives of “Waste”: Notes from India for a Minor History of Capitalist Surplus

Vinay Gidwani, Rajyashree N. Reddy · Antipode · 2011 · 434 citations

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What does a Deductible Do? The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Prices, Quantities, and Spending Dynamics*

Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Amitabh Chandra, Benjamin Handel et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2017 · 405 citations · Full text

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Closing the loop on take, make, waste: Investigating circular economy practices in the Swedish fashion industry

Taylor Brydges · Journal of Cleaner Production · 2021 · 296 citations · Full text

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Authors

342

  1. GT
    Gladman Thondhlana

    Rhodes University, South Africa

    3 publications · 80 citations

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  2. RW
    Rebecca Walker Reczek

    Fisher College, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  3. TM
    Toby Miller

    John Innes Centre, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  4. DB
    David Baker

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 164 citations

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  5. RD
    Richard Denniss

    Australian National University, Australia

    2 publications · 164 citations

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Institutions

190

  1. Rhodes University

    Grahamstown, South Africa

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    216 citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    127 citations

  3. San Diego State University

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    222 citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    480 citations

  5. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    824 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Coventry University

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    174 citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    89 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 67 citations

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  2. Sustainability

    4 publications · 227 citations

    4

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  3. Resources Conservation and Recycling

    3 publications · 99 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Cleaner Production

    3 publications · 372 citations

    3

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  5. European Journal of Political Economy

    2 publications · 32 citations

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