The Investment Spectrum: From Stocks and Bonds to Designer Bags
Investments in art, such as expensive paintings, are commonly viewed as distinct from investments in stocks and bonds. They offer expressive returns by signaling wealth and emotional returns through aesthetic pleasure, as well as utilitarian returns from price appreciation. I argue that all investments fall along a spectrum of utilitarian, expressive, and emotional returns, with
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