Happiness [electronic resource] : a revolution in economics / Bruno S. Frey, in collaboration with Alois Stutzer ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Munich lectures in economicsPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.Description: xiii, 240 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 330.01 22
LOC classification:
  • BF575.H27 F74 2008eb
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-236) and index.

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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