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Information technologies and subjective well-being : does the internet raise material aspirations? ; conference paper
Lohmann, Steffen - 2013
internet as a source of information derive relatively less life satisfaction from the same level of income. Using panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344634
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Conspicuous consumption and satisfaction
Winkelmann, Rainer - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011
very strong assumptions. Measured income and life satisfaction offers an alternative for estimating such consumption … externalities. The approach is developed in the context of luxury car consumption (Ferraris and Porsches) in Switzerland. Results … municipality of residence has a negative impact on own income satisfaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321754
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Conspicuous consumption and satisfaction
Winkelmann, Rainer - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 1, pp. 183-191
very strong assumptions. Measured income and life satisfaction offers an alternative for estimating such consumption … externalities. The approach is developed in the context of luxury car consumption (Ferraris and Porsches) in Switzerland. Results … municipality of residence has a negative impact on own income satisfaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010573786
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Limited Self-Control, Obesity and the Loss of Happiness
Stutzer, Alois - 2007
Obesity has become a major health issue. Research in economics has provided important insights as to how technological progress reduced the relative price of food and contributed to the increase in obesity. However, the increased availability of food might well have overstrained will power and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390614
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Well-being effects of a major negative externality: The case of Fukushima
Rehdanz, Katrin; Heinz, Welsch; Naritaa, Daiju; Okubod, … - 2013
Following a major earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan, a tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three reactors in Fukushima, causing a major nuclear accident on 11 March 2011. Based on a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach we use panel data for 5,979 individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435688
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Are relative-income effects constant across the well-being distribution?
Budría, Santiago - 2012
This paper challenges the common assumption made by economists to date that income comparisons are similarly important in different segments of the subjective well-being (SWB) distribution. The results, based on the 2000-2007 waves of the German SOEP and on a Generalized Ordered Probit for panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282608
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Heterogeneity in price elasticity of vehicle kilometers traveled : evidence from micro-level panel data
Tilov, Ivan; Weber, Sylvain - 2020
estimations using aggregate data for Switzerland, and show that there is important heterogeneity in price sensitivity across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392197
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Consumers preferences on the Swiss car market : a revealed preference approach
Weber, Sylvain - 2018
based on number of sales for each model marketed over the period 2006-2015 in Switzerland, and puts particular emphasis on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977265
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TV Channels, Self Control and Happiness
Benesch, Christine; Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2006
viewers do not benefit, but instead report lower life satisfaction when exposed to more TV channels. This finding runs counter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390601
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Non-employment, Ill-being and Subjective Well-being
Kapitány, Zsuzsa - 2009
attitudes to focus less on objective variables and more on subjective well-being (SWB). Studies investigating life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494415