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Happiness : a revolution in economics
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Title
Happiness : a revolution in economics / Bruno S. Frey, in collaboration with Alois Stutzer ... [et al.].
ISBN
9780262062770 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0262062771 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xiii, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 26, 2009
Series
Munich lectures in economics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-236) and index.
Contents
Series foreword
Preface
Major developments
Research on happiness
The relationship of happiness to utility
How income affects happiness
How unemployment affects happiness
How inflation and inequality affect happiness
Pushing ahead
The public sphere
Self-employment and voluntary work
Marriage and happiness
Watching television
Procedural utility
Mispredicting utility
The value of public goods
Policy consequences
Happiness policies
Happiness and political institutions
A revolution in economics
References
Index.
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