Toward national well-being accounts

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 429-434

  Kahneman, Daniel ^a   Krueger, Alan B ^a,e   Schkade, David ^b   Schwarz, Norbert ^c   Stone, Arthur ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 4043048735     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041301713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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