Income and happiness: Towards a unified theory

Economic Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 473, 2001, Pages 465-484

  Easterlin, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ECONOMIC THEORY; INCOME;

EID: 0034910424     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00646     Document Type: Article

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