The marginal utility of income

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1846-1857

  Layard, R ^a   Nickell, S ^a   Mayraz, G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D1; D61; H00; H21; Happiness; I31; Income; Inequality; Life satisfaction; Marginal utility; Optimaltaxation; Public economic; Reference dependent preferences; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649086427     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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