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Autore: | Frey Bruno S. |
Titolo: | Happiness : a revolution in economics / / Bruno S. Frey, in collaboration with Alois Stutzer, Matthias Benz, Stephan Meier, Simon Luechinger, and Christine Benesch |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 240 p.) : ill |
Disciplina: | 330.01 |
Soggetto topico: | Happiness - Economic aspects |
Economics - Psychological aspects | |
Soggetto non controllato: | ECONOMICS/General |
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/General | |
Persona (resp. second.): | StutzerAlois |
BenzMatthias <1973-> | |
MeierStephan (Economist) | |
LuechingerSimon | |
BeneschChristine | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-236) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Happiness |
ISBN: | 0-262-26072-7 |
1-282-10016-5 | |
9786612100161 | |
0-262-27321-7 | |
1-4356-4788-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910781807303321 |
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