'Oops...I did it again': Repeated focusing effects in reports of happiness

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 732-737

  Dolan, Paul ^a   Metcalfe, Robert ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focussing effect; Happiness; Projection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955051197     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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