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Death, Happiness, and the Calculation ofCompensatory Damages
Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper studies the mental distress caused by bereavement. The largest emotional lossesare from the death of a …
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A New Unified Theory of Sociobehavioral Forces
Jasso, Guillermina - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
describing five sociobehavioral processes - comparison (including justiceand self-esteem), status, power, identity, and happiness …
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Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel> - 2010
stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness.Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … where the economic research on happiness stands and of threedirections it might develop. First, it offers new ways for … gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affectpublic policy. …
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The Life Satisfaction Approach to Environmental Valuation
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois : … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel> - 2009
In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improveenvironmental quality and thus individuals’ well-being. However, how do individuals valuethe environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representinga new non-market valuation...
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Are one man’s rags another man’s riches?Identifying adaptive expectations using panel data
Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
[...]This paper contributes to the identification of adaptive expectations by using ten years of panel data from the British Household Panel Survey to study the process of adaptation based on the individual’s own previous experience. Subjective assessments of financial well-being at time t,...
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CALCULATING TRAGEDY:ASSESSING THE COSTS OF TERRORISM
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich> - 2006
The trends and consequences of terrorist activities are often captured bycounting the number of incidents and casualties. More recently, the effects of terroristacts on various aspects of the economy have been analyzed. These costs aresurveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences are...
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Does Marriage Make People Happy,Or Do Happy People Get Married?
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich> - 2004
This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-beingin a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likelyfor marriage and that there are large differences in the benefits from marriage between couples.Potential, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868513
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Beyond Outcomes: Measuring Procedural Utility
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich> - 2004
People not only obtain utility from actual outcomes but also from the conditionswhich lead to these outcomes. The paper proposes an economic concept of this notion ofprocedural utility. Preferences beyond outcome can be manifold. We distinguish proceduralutility people get from institutions as...
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HAPPINESS RESEARCH:STATE AND PROSPECTS
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich> - 2005
This paper intends to provide an evaluation of where the economic research onhappiness stands and in which interesting directions it might develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868517
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INTELLIGENCE FAILURES: AN ORGANIZATIONAL ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE
Garicano, Luis; Posner, Richard A. - University <Chicago, Ill.> / Department of Economics - 2005
Two recent failures of the United States intelligence system have led to thecreation of high-level investigative commissions. The failure to prevent theterrorist attacks of 9/11 prompted the creation of the 9/11 Commission, andthe mistaken belief that Saddam Hussein had retained weapons of...
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