Quantifying the Value of Emotions Using a Willingness to Pay Approach

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1543-1561

  Lau, Hi Po Bobo ^a   White, Mathew P ^b   Schnall, Simone ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Affective forecasting; Culture; Emotion; Subjective well being; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886633000     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9394-7     Document Type: Article

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