Relative payoffs and happiness: An experimental study

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-328

  Charness, Gary ^a   Grosskopf, Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A12; A13; B49; C91; D63; Difference aversion; Happiness; Relative payoffs; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035402239     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00148-2     Document Type: Article

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