Hedonic capital, adaptation and resilience

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 372-384

  Graham, Liam ^a   Oswald, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolution; Habituation; Happiness; Resilience; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957333227     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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