Handbook on the economics of happiness /
Handbook on the economics of happiness /
Economics of happiness
edited by Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta.
- xxxvii, 596 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Elgar original reference .
- Elgar original reference. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Happiness, wealth and utility in ancient thought / The 'technology of happiness' and the tradition of economic science / Human needs hierarchy and happiness : evidence from the late pre-classical and classical economics / Jeremy Bentham's quantitative analysis of happiness and its asymmetries / Public happiness and civil society / Kant on civilization, moralization and the paradox of happiness / If happiness is so important, why do we know so little about it? / Well-being and consumption : towards a theoretical approach based on human needs satisfaction / Enjoyment of life, the structure of time and economic dynamics / Experienced versus decision utility of income : relative or absolute happiness / Past product experiences as determinants of happiness with target product experiences : implications for subjective well-being / The life plan view of happiness and the paradoxes of happiness / The income-unhappiness paradox : a relational goods/Baumol disease explanation / The subjective well-being paradox : a suggested solution based on relational goods / The not-so-fragile fragility of goodness : the responsive quality of fiduciary relationships / Happiness, morality and game theory / Why are people so unhappy? Why do they strive so hard for money? : competing explanations of the broken promises of economic growth / On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect / Values and happiness in Mexico : the case of the metropolitan city of Monterrey / Happiness, satisfaction and socioeconomic conditions : some international evidence / Happiness and the standard of living : the case of South Africa / Federalism versus social citizenship : investigating the preference for equity in health care / Happiness and sustainability : a modern paradox / Ideals, conformism and reciprocity : a model of individual choice with conformist motivations, and an application to the not-for-profit case / Gloria Vivenza -- Luigino Bruni -- Stravos Drakopoulos and Anastasios Karayiannis -- Marco E.L. Guidi -- Pier Luigi Porta and Roberto Scazzieri -- Sergio Cremaschi -- Marina Bianchi -- Monica Guillen Royo -- Mario Cogoy -- Maarten Vendrik and Johannes Hirata -- Rajagopal Raghunathan and Julie R. Irwin -- Mark Chekola -- Leonardo Becchetti and Marika Santoro -- Maurizio Pugno -- Vittorio Pelligra -- Luca Zarri -- Stefano Bartolini -- Donald Cox and Oded Stark -- Jose de Jesus Garcia [and others] -- Amado Peiró -- Nattavudh Powdthavee -- Luca Crivelli, Gianfranco Domenighetti and Massimo Filippini -- Silva Marzetti Dall' Aste Brandolini -- Lorenzo Sacconi and Gianluca Grimalda.
1843768267 9781843768265
2006042556
Economics--Psychological aspects
Happiness.
HB74.P8 / H372 2007
330.019
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Happiness, wealth and utility in ancient thought / The 'technology of happiness' and the tradition of economic science / Human needs hierarchy and happiness : evidence from the late pre-classical and classical economics / Jeremy Bentham's quantitative analysis of happiness and its asymmetries / Public happiness and civil society / Kant on civilization, moralization and the paradox of happiness / If happiness is so important, why do we know so little about it? / Well-being and consumption : towards a theoretical approach based on human needs satisfaction / Enjoyment of life, the structure of time and economic dynamics / Experienced versus decision utility of income : relative or absolute happiness / Past product experiences as determinants of happiness with target product experiences : implications for subjective well-being / The life plan view of happiness and the paradoxes of happiness / The income-unhappiness paradox : a relational goods/Baumol disease explanation / The subjective well-being paradox : a suggested solution based on relational goods / The not-so-fragile fragility of goodness : the responsive quality of fiduciary relationships / Happiness, morality and game theory / Why are people so unhappy? Why do they strive so hard for money? : competing explanations of the broken promises of economic growth / On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect / Values and happiness in Mexico : the case of the metropolitan city of Monterrey / Happiness, satisfaction and socioeconomic conditions : some international evidence / Happiness and the standard of living : the case of South Africa / Federalism versus social citizenship : investigating the preference for equity in health care / Happiness and sustainability : a modern paradox / Ideals, conformism and reciprocity : a model of individual choice with conformist motivations, and an application to the not-for-profit case / Gloria Vivenza -- Luigino Bruni -- Stravos Drakopoulos and Anastasios Karayiannis -- Marco E.L. Guidi -- Pier Luigi Porta and Roberto Scazzieri -- Sergio Cremaschi -- Marina Bianchi -- Monica Guillen Royo -- Mario Cogoy -- Maarten Vendrik and Johannes Hirata -- Rajagopal Raghunathan and Julie R. Irwin -- Mark Chekola -- Leonardo Becchetti and Marika Santoro -- Maurizio Pugno -- Vittorio Pelligra -- Luca Zarri -- Stefano Bartolini -- Donald Cox and Oded Stark -- Jose de Jesus Garcia [and others] -- Amado Peiró -- Nattavudh Powdthavee -- Luca Crivelli, Gianfranco Domenighetti and Massimo Filippini -- Silva Marzetti Dall' Aste Brandolini -- Lorenzo Sacconi and Gianluca Grimalda.
1843768267 9781843768265
2006042556
Economics--Psychological aspects
Happiness.
HB74.P8 / H372 2007
330.019