Competitive rivalry, social disposition, and subjective well-being: An experiment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1158-1167

  Brandts, Jordi ^a   Riedl, Arno ^b   van Winden, Frans ^c  

^a Barcelona)   (Spain)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competition; Emotions; Experiment; Happiness; Laboratory; Rivalry; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350618215     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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