From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-527

  Aknin, Lara B ^a   Norton, Michael I ^b   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Income; Overestimation; Predictions; Wealth; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449463788     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760903271421     Document Type: Article

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