Market openness, transition economies and subjective wellbeing

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 523-539

  Tsai, Ming Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Market economy; Price stabilization; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749096311     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9107-4     Document Type: Article

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