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Subject(s)

• Economics—Psychological aspects [Browse]
• Happiness [Browse]

Editor

• Bruni, Luigino, 1966- [Browse]
• Porta, Pier Luigi [Browse]

Related name

• Edward Elgar Publishing [Browse]

Series

Elgar original reference [More in this series]

Summary note

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 discussion of the economic issues relating to happiness. It reviews the more recent literature and offers the interested reader an insight into the vast scope of the field in terms of the theory, its applications and also experimental design. The Handbook also gives substantial indications as to the future direction of research in the field, with particular regard to policy applications and developing an economics of interpersonal relations which includes reciprocity and social interaction theory.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Lessons From The Past
• Part 2. Understanding The Paradox Of Happiness
• Part 3. Relational Goods
• Part 4. Data And Policies.

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ISBN

9781847204158 (e-book)

LCCN

2006042556

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