The use of happiness research for public policy

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 659-674

  Frey, Bruno S ^a,b   Stutzer, Alois ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84859105947     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-011-0629-z     Document Type: Article

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