TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bruni,Luigino
AU  - Porta,Pier Luigi
TI  - Handbook on the economics of happiness
T2  - Elgar original reference
SN  - 1843768267
AV  - HB74.P8 H372 2007
U1  - 330.019 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Economics
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Happiness
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 [and others] --; Happiness, satisfaction and socioeconomic conditions : some international evidence; Amado Peiró --; Happiness and the standard 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
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