Beyond happiness and satisfaction: Toward well-being indices based on stated preference

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2698-2735

  Benjamin, Daniel J ^a   Heffetz, Ori ^b   Kimball, Miles S ^c   Szembrot, Nichole ^a  

^a NBER ^*  (United States)

^b SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84906990806     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: 19447981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.9.2698     Document Type: Article

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