The pursuit of happiness

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-120

  Bechtel, Timothy G ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardinal versus ordinal regression (slope plot); Economic versus psychological determination; Life satisfaction; Multiple item indicators; Panel versus cross sectional regression; Revealed values; Subjective versus objective predictors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957349530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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