Political economy of happiness

Applied Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 4205-4211

  Frey, Bruno S ^a   Gallus, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Government policy; Happiness; Manipulation; Political economy; Well being

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84879438071     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2013.778950     Document Type: Article

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