Happiness and public policy: A challenge to the profession

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 510, 2006, Pages

  Layard, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644778751     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01073.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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