Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards
[working paper full text read; published version NOT READ, 2026-10-19] Bursztyn, L., Ferman, B., Fiorin, S., Kanz, M., & Rao, G. (2018). 'Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards.' The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(3), 1561-1595. doi:10.1093/qje/qjx048. the strongest field evidence that exists on status goods, run with a large Indonesian bank on real customers at real prices, and the source that decides the article. EXPERIMENT 1, n = 835: paid credit card upgrades were offered by telephone, the control group receiving every instrumental benefit of the platinum card as an upgrade on a nondescript card and the treatment group the platinum card itself. At the same pr
[working paper full text read; published version NOT READ, 2026-10-19] Bursztyn, L., Ferman, B., Fiorin, S., Kanz, M., & Rao, G. (2018). 'Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards.' The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(3), 1561-1595. doi:10.1093/qje/qjx048. the strongest field evidence that exists on status goods, run with a large Indonesian bank on real customers at real prices, and the source that decides the article. EXPERIMENT 1, n = 835: paid credit card upgrades were offered by telephone, the control group receiving every instrumental benefit of the platinum card as an upgrade on a nondescript card and the treatment group the platinum card itself. At the same pr
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Bursztyn, L., Ferman, B., Fiorin, S., Kanz, M., & Rao, G. (2018). Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(3), 1561-1595. doi:10.1093/qje/qjx048.