The Hedonistic Paradox: Is homo economicus happier?

James Konow; Joseph Earley

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.04.006

The Hedonistic Paradox: Is homo economicus happier?

Economics

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-33
Number of pages	33
Journal	Journal of Public Economics
Volume	92
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.04.006
State	Published - Feb 2008

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Finance
Economics and Econometrics

Keywords

Altruism
Eudaimonia
Generosity
Happiness
Psychological well-being
Subjective well-being

Access to Document

10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.04.006

http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/econ_fac/29

Cite this

@article{cb6d9fc1b47e494d8f807b3552536f2a,

title = "The Hedonistic Paradox: Is homo economicus happier?",

keywords = "Altruism, Eudaimonia, Generosity, Happiness, Psychological well-being, Subjective well-being",

author = "James Konow and Joseph Earley",

year = "2008",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.04.006",

language = "English",

volume = "92",

pages = "1--33",

journal = "Journal of Public Economics",

issn = "0047-2727",

publisher = "Elsevier",

number = "1-2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Hedonistic Paradox

T2 - Is homo economicus happier?

AU - Konow, James

AU - Earley, Joseph

PY - 2008/2

Y1 - 2008/2

KW - Altruism

KW - Eudaimonia

KW - Generosity

KW - Happiness

KW - Psychological well-being

KW - Subjective well-being

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=37549060997&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=37549060997&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.04.006

DO - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.04.006

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:37549060997

SN - 0047-2727

VL - 92

SP - 1

EP - 33

JO - Journal of Public Economics

JF - Journal of Public Economics

IS - 1-2

ER -

The Hedonistic Paradox: Is homo economicus happier?

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this