The Structure of Subjective Well-being: A Vector Autoregressive Approach

Metroeconomica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 361-400

  Binder, Martin ^a,b   Ward, Felix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Archaeology   (Germany)

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EID: 84875668701     PISSN: 00261386     EISSN: 1467999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/meca.12011     Document Type: Article

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