Life satisfaction, income and personality

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-32

  Proto, Eugenio ^a   Rustichini, Aldo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Life satisfaction; Neuroticism; Personality traits; Prospect theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924365493     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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