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On the nature, modeling, and neural bases of social ties
Winden, Frans A. A. M. van; Stallen, Mirre; … - 2008
Purpose: This paper addresses the nature, formalization, and neural bases of (affective) social ties anddiscusses the relevance of ties for health economics. A social tie is defined as an affectiveweight attached by an individual to the well-being of another individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376614
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Subjective questions to measure welfare and well-being
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2002
This paper provides arguments in favor of using subjective questions as a proxy to measure welfare and well-being. This approach makes it possible to avoid having to define welfare and well-being means and having to identify the relevant indicators. Instead, individuals themselves define their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326409
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Positional power in hierarchies
Brink, René van den; Steffen, Frank - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003482642
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Positional power in hierarchies
Brink, René van den; Steffen, Frank - 2007
Power is a core concept in the analysis and design of organisations. In this paper we consider positional power in hierarchies. One of the problems with the extant literature on positional power in hierarchies is that it is mainly restricted to the analysis of power in terms of the bare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372509
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Axiomatizations of a positional power score and measure for hierarchies
Brink, René van den; Steffen, Frank - 2008
Power is a core concept in the analysis and design of organizations. One of the problems with the extant literature on positional power in hierarchies is that it is mainly restricted to the analysis of power in terms of the bare positions of the actors. While such an analysis informs us about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377381
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Sadder but wiser : the effects of affective states and weather on ambiguity attitudes
Baillon, Aurélien; Koellinger, Philipp; Treffers, Theresa - 2014
conditions on the day of the survey - a proxy for sad affect - correlate with more ambiguity-neutral attitudes. Our results may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337020
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Abolishing GDP
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007
Expectations and information about the growth of GDP per capita have a large influence on decisions made by private and public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and that its use as such must be regarded as a serious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372528
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Well-being inequality and reference groups : an agenda for new research
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2010 - Version March 3, 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379637
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Competition and well-being
Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2004
We study the effects of competition in a context in which people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that in such an environment the very presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any payoff gains for the short side of the market. We also find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335225
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Social network sites, individual social capital and happiness
Arampatzi, Efstratia; Burger, Martijn J.; Novik, Natallia A. - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011556172