Attitude choice, economic change, and welfare

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 279-291

  Ng, Yew Kwang ^a   Wang, Jianguo ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Attitude; D10; D60; Economic growth; Materialistic; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035402512     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(01)00146-9     Document Type: Article

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