Does Daily Sunshine Make You Happy? Subjective Measures of Well-Being and the Weather

Manchester School

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 642-663

  Buscha, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84945143835     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: 14679957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/manc.12126     Document Type: Article

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