Seems like many people are much more comfortable displaying proxy measures of their financial status (window office, status symbol car, expensive jewelry/watch, etc.) than disclosing their actual financial status. Perhaps that may be because the proxy measures leave room for deception (displaying proxy measures that imply a higher or lower financial status than the actual), although some of these may leave more room for deception than others (e.g. if the office size/type is strictly tied to pay grade, there is less room for deception with the office than one’s choice of car, jewelry, or watch).