Income, relational goods and happiness

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-290

  Becchetti, Leonardo ^a   Trovato, Giovanni ^a   Bedoya, David Andres Londono ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME;

EID: 78951491321     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840802570439     Document Type: Article

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