Scitovsky and the income-happiness paradox

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Pugno, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comfort; Creative activities; Income happiness paradox; Leisure skill; Scitovsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872032875     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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