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Conspicuous Consumption and Satisfaction
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2012
very strong assumptions. Measured income and life satisfaction offers an alternative for estimating such consumption … municipality of residence has a negative impact on own income satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175781
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The association between experiential and material expenditures and subjective well-being : new evidence from Hungarian survey data
Hajdu, Tamás; Hajdu, Gábor - 2015
estimated linear and non-linear associations of experiential and material expenditures with life satisfaction. Although both … experiential and material expenditures were positively associated with life satisfaction, evidence supporting the greater return … results of the non-linear estimates indicate that to maximize life satisfaction, an average person should allocate more money …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450466
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Are pro-environmental consumption choices utility-maximizing? : evidence from subjective well-being data
Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2010 - Rev. version
This paper studies whether pro-environmental consumption choices are consistent with utility maximization and what role the consumption behavior of reference persons and one's own past behavior play in this context. By combining data on individuals' pro-environmental consumption from a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442764
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The Pursuit of Subjective Well-Being through Specific Consumption Choice
Zimmermann, Stefan - 2014
This paper looks at the association of specific consumption goods with subjective well-being (SWB), using a representative sample of US individuals. There is a vast economic literature on the relationship between income and SWB, but surprisingly very little on how individuals spend their income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048763
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The happy cultural omnivore? : exploring the relationship between cultural consumption patterns and subjective well-being
Bertacchini, Enrico; Bolognesi, Valentina; Venturini, … - 2021
investigate how heterogeneity in cultural profiles is associated with overall life satisfaction and relevant domains (health … relationship between cultural participation and overall life satisfaction. Still, a more complex picture arises when considering … all the statistically significant differences in life and domain satisfaction across cultural consumption patterns. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624956
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Do people choose what makes them happy and how do they decide at all? : a theoretical inquiry
Scheuer, Niklas - 2020
We develop a theoretical model that jointly explains optimal choices and happiness. We work with constant elasticity of substitution functions for utility and happiness. Employing a choice framework, individuals are confronted with two options. When there exists a trade-off, we determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422914
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Why is satisfaction from pro-environmental behaviors increasing in costs? : insights from the rational-choice decision-error framework
Welsch, Heinz - 2023
The literature on subjective well-being (SWB) and the environment has found robust evidence of positive net marginal SWB from pro-environmental behavior (PEB), that is, positive marginal SWB net of the associated costs in terms of money, time and effort (Finding 1). Accordingly, people could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014283751
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The Happy Cultural Omnivore? Exploring the Relationship between Cultural Consumption Patterns and Subjective Well-Being
Bertacchini, Enrico; Bolognesi, Valentina; Venturini, … - 2021
investigate how heterogeneity in cultural profiles is associated with overall life satisfaction and relevant domains (health … relationship between cultural participation and overall life satisfaction. Still, a more complex picture arises when considering … all the statistically significant differences in life and domain satisfaction across cultural consumption patterns. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324554
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Buying marital bliss : time-saving purchases promote relationship satisfaction
Whillans, Ashley V.; Pow, Jessie; Norton, Michael I. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929070
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Happiness due to consumption and its increases, wealth and status
Wirl, Franz; Novak, Andreas J.; Hof, Franz X. - In: Studies in nonlinear dynamics and econometrics : SNDE ; … 12 (2008) 4, pp. 1-32
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009513618