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Happiness : a revolution in economics / Bruno S. Frey, in collaboration with Alois Stutzer ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library BF575.H27 F74 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frey, Bruno S.
- Series:
- Munich lectures in economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Happiness--Economic aspects.
- Happiness.
- Economics--Psychological aspects.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- In this text a leading economist discusses the potential of happiness research (the qualification of well-being) to answer important questions that standard economics methods are unable to analyze. Emphasizing empirical evidence rather than theoretical conjectures, Frey substantiates the need for happiness research.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262062770
- 0262062771
- OCLC:
- 173182727
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