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Handbook on the economics of leisure
Cameron, Samuel (ed.) - 2011
This interdisciplinary Handbook combines both mainstream and heterodox economics to assess the nature, scope and importance of leisure activities. Surprisingly, the field of leisure economics is not, thus far, a particularly integrated or coherent one. In this Handbook a wide ranging body of...
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The new economics of outdoor recreation
Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 2003
group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An …
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Happiness, economics and politics : towards a multi-disciplinary approach
Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor);  … - 2009
This timely and important book presents a unique study of happiness from both economic and political perspectives. It offers an overview of contemporary research on the emergent field of happiness studies and contains contributions by some of the leading figures in the field
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850758
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Handbook on the experience economy
Sundbo, Jon (ed.); Sørensen, Flemming (ed.) - 2013
This illuminating Handbook presents the state-of-the-art in the scientific field of experience economy studies. It offers a rich and varied collection of contributions that discuss different issues of crucial importance for our understanding of the experience economy. Each chapter reflects...
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The economics of sport, health and happiness : the promotion of well-being through sporting activities
Humphreys, Brad R. (contributor);  … - 2011
Including an array of distinguished contributors, this novel book fills a gap in the literature by addressing an important, yet under-researched, issue in the field of sports economics. It places great emphasis on the notion that sport is a significant component for improving the happiness,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851324
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Well-being and beyond : broadening the public and policy discourse
Hämäläinen, Timo J. (ed.); Michaelson, Juliet (ed.) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851339
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Handbook on the economics of happiness
Bruni, Luigino (contributor); Porta, Pier Luigi (contributor) - 2007
This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851597
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Behavioural macroeconomics
McDonald, Ian M. - 2012
'I only wish that Ian McDonald's Behavioural Macroeconomics had been available when I was preparing A Guide to Behavioral Economics; it certainly would have provided me with material to fill in a number of gaps and cite several additional important concerns!'--Hugh Schwartz, University of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852162
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Recent developments in the economics of happiness
Frey, Bruno S. - 2013
social capital and health for well-being and the new life satisfaction approach to valuing public goods. Work on utility … Satisfaction Approach', Economic Journal, 119 (536), March, 482-515 -- Daniel Kahneman and Richard H. Thaler (2006), 'Anomalies … Diener, Yannis Georgellis and Richard E. Lucas (2008), 'Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852174
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Feminist economics
Benería, Lourdes - 2011
Inequalities: Women and World Development, Chapter 8, Oxford and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 123-49, references -- Bina …), 'Gender and Command Over Property: A Critical Gap in Economic Analysis and Policy in South Asia', World Development, 22 (10 …), 'Globalization, Labor Standards, and Women's Rights: Dilemmas of Collective (In)Action in an Interdependent World', Feminist …
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