Progressive taxation and the subjective well-being of nations

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-92

  Oishi, Shigehiro ^a   Schimmack, Ulrich ^b   Diener, Ed ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Data Science Division   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; happiness; policy; sociocultural factors; subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855499902     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611420882     Document Type: Article

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