Do you get value for money when you buy an expensive pair of running shoes?
The British Journal of Sports Medicine apparently though enough of some research by Richard Thomas Clinghan, Graham P. Arnold, Tim S. Drew, Lynda Cochrane, and Rami J Abboud, to publish it. The title of the article was “Do you get value for money when you buy an expensive pair of running shoes?”, and you can read the abstract here.
The goal of the study was to find out if high-priced running shoes actually functioned any better than low-priced shoes from the same manufacturer. And guess what? They found out that all you get for the extra bucks is some status value, no actual performance improvement.
No kidding, my wife could have told you the same thing in 30 seconds.