It's the recipient that counts: Spending money on strong social ties leads to greater happiness than spending on weak social ties

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Aknin, Lara B ^a   Sandstrom, Gillian M ^a   Dunn, Elizabeth W ^a   Norton, Michael I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; MALE; MONEY; RECALL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADULT; ECONOMICS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951823558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017018     Document Type: Article

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