Does growth cause happiness, or does happiness cause growth?

Kyklos

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-25

  Kenny, Charles ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032960251     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1999.tb00576.x     Document Type: Article

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