On the Causal Impact of Relational Goods on Happiness
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- Leonardo Becchetti & Elena Giachin Ricca & Alessandra Pelloni, 2008. "On the Causal Impact of Relational Goods on Happiness," Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, vol. 98(5), pages 199-232, September.
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Keywords
life satisfaction; relational goods; social capital.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
- D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
- A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
- A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2009-12-19 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-HAP-2009-12-19 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-SOC-2009-12-19 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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