Do colder and hotter climates make richer societies more, but poorer societies less, happy and altruistic?

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-30

  Van de Vliert, Evert ^a   Huang, Xu ^a   Parker, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1442331912     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-4944(03)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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