Handbook on the economics of happiness / edited by Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruni, Luigino, 1966-

Porta, Pier Luigi

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Elgar original reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Psychological aspects.

Economics.

Happiness.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 596 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2007]

Contents:

Happiness, wealth and utility in ancient thought / Gloria Vivenza

The 'technology of happiness' and the tradition of economic science / Luigino Bruni

Human needs hierarchy and happiness : evidence from the late pre-classical and classical economics / Stravos Drakopoulos and Anastasios Karayiannis

Jeremy Bentham's quantitative analysis of happiness and its asymmetries / Marco E.L. Guidi

Public happiness and civil society / Pier Luigi Porta and Roberto Scazzieri

Kant on civilization, moralization and the paradox of happiness / Sergio Cremaschi

If happiness is so important, why do we know so little about it? / Marina Bianchi

Well-being and consumption : towards a theoretical approach based on human needs satisfaction / Monica Guillen Royo

Enjoyment of life, the structure of time and economic dynamics / Mario Cogoy

Experienced versus decision utility of income : relative or absolute happiness / Maarten Vendrik and Johannes Hirata

Past product experiences as determinants of happiness with target product experiences : implications for subjective well-being / Rajagopal Raghunathan and Julie R. Irwin

The life plan view of happiness and the paradoxes of happiness / Mark Chekola

The income-unhappiness paradox : a relational goods/Baumol disease explanation / Leonardo Becchetti and Marika Santoro

The subjective well-being paradox : a suggested solution based on relational goods / Maurizio Pugno

The not-so-fragile fragility of goodness : the responsive quality of fiduciary relationships / Vittorio Pelligra

Happiness, morality and game theory / Luca Zarri

Why are people so unhappy? Why do they strive so hard for money? : competing explanations of the broken promises of economic growth / Stefano Bartolini

On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect / Donald Cox and Oded Stark

Values and happiness in Mexico : the case of the metropolitan city of Monterrey / Jose de Jesus Garcia ... [et al.]

Happiness, satisfaction and socioeconomic conditions : some international evidence / Amado Peiró

Happiness and the dtandard of living : the case of South Africa / Nattavudh Powdthavee

Federalism versus social citizenship : investigating the preference for equity in health care / Luca Crivelli, Gianfranco Domenighetti and Massimo Filippini

Happiness and sustainability : a modern paradox / Silva Marzetti Dall' Aste Brandolini

Ideals, conformism and reciprocity : a model of individual choice with conformist motivations, and an application to the not-for-profit case / Lorenzo Sacconi and Gianluca Grimalda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1843768267

9781843768265

OCLC:

63705905