Frey / Stutzer Happiness and Economics

How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2926-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Frey, Bruno S.

Stutzer, Alois

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

PART I: Setting the Stage

CHAPTER 1: Happiness 3

CHAPTER 2: Well-Being and Economics 19

CHAPTER 3: Personality and Socio-Demograohic Influences on happiness 49

PART II: Economic Effects on Happiness

CHAPTER 4: Income 73

CHAPTER 5: Employment 95

CHAPTER 6: Inflation 111

PART III: Political Effects on Happiness

CHAPTER 7: The Current Politico-Economic Process 121

CHAPTER 8: Constitution: Popular Referenda and Federalism 133

CHAPTER 9: Outcome and Process 153

PART IV: Conclusions

CHAPTER 10: Happiness Inspires Economics 171

APPENDIX A 185

APPENDIX B 191

References 195

Data Sources 215

Index 217

Über Autor(innen)

Bruno S. Frey is Professor of Economics at the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics in Zurich. He is the author of Economics as a Science of Human Behavior, Not Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation, The New Democratic Federalism for Europe and Inspiring Economics. Alois Stutzer is a lecturer on the theory of economic policy at the University of Zurich. He has authored several papers in the fields of public choice, labor economics, and economics and psychology.