A questioning economist: Tibor Scitovsky's attempt to bring joy into economics

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-407

  Bianchi, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer; Habits; Novelty; Preferences; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037959951     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(03)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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