Pursuing Happiness

Kyklos

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-261

  Schubert, Christian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 84859812835     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2012.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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