Building a Better Theory of Well-Being

Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Easterlin, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonism; Psychology; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920115445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199286280.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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