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Feld, Lars P.; Necker, Sarah; Frey, Bruno S. - 2014

We study the importance of economists' professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively related to spending more time on doing research. The lack of...

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Does sports make people happier, or do happy people more sports?

Frey, Bruno S.; Gullo, Anthony - 2021

Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the … effect of happiness on engaging in sports. …

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Recent advances in the economics of individual subjective well-being

Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010

stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … of where the economic research on happiness stands and of three directions it might develop. First, it offers new ways … insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy. …

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The as-is journal review process: Let authors own their ideas

Tsang, Eric W. K.; Frey, Bruno S. - 2006

Recently, the problems associated with the existing journal review process aroused discussions from seasoned management researchers, who have also made useful suggestions for improving the process. To complement these suggestions, we propose a more radical change: a manuscript should be reviewed...

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Using Financial Markets to Analyze History: The Case of the Second World War

Frey, Bruno S.; Waldenstrom, Daniel - 2007

A central aspect of historical research is to provide explanations for the causes and effects of events that occurred in the past, in particular the Second World War. History can be analyzed and explained from different perspectives. Two such perspectives are considered, the first being the...

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Withering Academia

Frey, Bruno S. - 2010

Strong forces lead to a withering of academia as it exists today. The major causal forces are the rankings mania, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of "university", and inadequate organizational forms for modern...

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