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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 …

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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...

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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 …

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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...

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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...

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Income or Consumption : Which Better Predicts Subjective Wellbeing?

Carver, Tom - 2016

The positive relationship between income and subjective wellbeing has been well documented. However, work assessing the relationship of alternative material wellbeing metrics to subjective wellbeing is limited. Consistent with the permanent income hypothesis, we find that a consumption measure...

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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 …

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Pro-Environmental Consumption : Direct and Moderating Effects on Subjective Well-Being as a Proxy for Utility

Mammadli, Rashad; Gigliarano, Chiara - 2022

satisfaction and engaging in more frequent sustainable consumption has a positive role in moderating this relationship …

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Advance information and consumption insurance : evidence from panel data

Pedroni, Marcelo; Singh, Swapnil; Stoltenberg, Christian - 2022 - Preliminary, April 15, 2022

We investigate whether US households possess advance information about their future income and what this means for consumption insurance. Based on insights from a theoretical model, we propose a new test to detect advance information, which requires only panel data on consumption and income....

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Luxury car owners are not happier than frugal car owners

Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam; Nash, Tim; Tursi, Natasha O. - In: International review of economics : journal of civil economy 62 (2015) 2, pp. 121-141

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