Keynesian Beauty Contest
Renting is a consumption good, buying is more akin to a Keynesian Beauty Contest. KBCs can develop attributes where, even if no individual gains utility from it, everyone optimizes for it because everyone factors it into resale price.
— Xianhang Zhang (@shalmanese) January 6, 2023
Keynes’s ‘Beauty Contest’ from Chicago Booth Review.
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