Happiness, economics and public policy: A critique

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-130

  Ott, Jan Cornelis ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Externalities; Happiness; Revealed preferences; Stated preferences; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949114033     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9125-2     Document Type: Review

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