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Scitovsky and the income-happiness paradox
Pugno, Maurizio - Dipartimento di Economia e Giurisprudenzia, Facoltà di … - 2011
‘comfort’, which requires consumption goods, and to their lack in pursuing ‘creative activities’, which instead essentially … require leisure and a skill, called ‘leisure skill’, that people have failed to develop. Since comfort includes comparing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644944
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Towards an alternative paradigm of consumer behavior
Giovinazzo, Viviana Di - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2010
This paper explores Scitovsky’s contribution to behavioral economics and examines in particular the changes his theory based on the findings of human brain psychophysiologists has brought to choice theory. The evidence here gathered points out how Scitovsky was making his suggestions for an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540694
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Scitovsky and the income-happiness paradox
Pugno, Maurizio - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 43 (2013) C, pp. 1-10
to their excess of demand for ‘comfort’, which essentially requires consumption goods, and to their failure to adequately … develop ‘leisure skill’, which is necessary to enjoy ‘creative activities’ during leisure time. Since comfort includes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011051757