Understanding money's limits: People's beliefs about the income - Happiness correlation

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 294-301

  Cone, Jeremy ^a   Gilovich, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Happiness; Income; Subjective well being; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955263235     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2010.498620     Document Type: Article

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