Subjective economic well-being in Eastern Europe

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-348

  Hayo, Bernd ^a,b   Seifert, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c LDS NRW GA845 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern europe; Economic transformation; Economic well being; Happiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038405179     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00173-3     Document Type: Article

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