helps understanding heterogeneity in peer effects, but additionally provides a promising mechanism through which personality …

We assess the role of anti-social personality traits in explaining heterogeneity in commonly observed social … preferences. We identified a personality profile that clearly reflects anti-social personality characteristics, with high positive … personality on investor trust and trustee reciprocity in the presence relative to the absence of the investor's option to punish …

I analyze Dutch panel data that contains rich information on voting, political opinions, and personality traits. I show …. I replicate previously studied associations between classic personality traits and political preferences, and show that …

consists of the characteristics of the individuals belonging to his reference group. The vast literature about happiness … reference groups in SWB-models. In this paper we employ the reference-extended model for incorporating in happiness studies the … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up …

Can online social contacts replace the importance of real-life social connections in our pursuit of happiness? With the … examines the effect of SNS use on happiness for different subgroups of young adults. More specifically, we examine whether the … effect of SNSs on happiness is moderated by individual social capital, as measured in terms of frequency of social contacts …

the Netherlands, we find that lottery participation increased the happiness of participants before the draw. Winning a … small prize had no effect on happiness. Our results indicate that people may not only care about the outcomes of the lottery …