The political economy of human happiness: How voters' choices determine the quality of life

The Political Economy of Human Happiness: How Voters' Choices Determine the Quality Of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-205

  Radcliff, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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