TY - BOOK AU - Dolfsma, Wilfred TI - Institutional economics and the formation of preferences : : the advent of pop music SN - 9781843762331 U1 - 306.48424 PY - 2004/// CY - Cheltenham, UK ; , Northampton, MA : PB - Edward Elgar KW - Popular music--Economic aspects KW - Popular music--Social aspects KW - Consumers--Psychology KW - Economics--Sociological aspects KW - Institutional economics KW - Social groups--Psychological aspects KW - Consumers' preferences KW - Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The formation of preferences is an elusive subject that many social scientists, and especially economists, have tended to avoid. In this original new book, Wilfred Dolfsma combines institutional economics with insights from the other social sciences to analyse the way in which preferences are formed in a social context. ER -