<P>Handbook On the Economics of Happiness<br>Elgar Original Reference </P>
<P>by Bruni, Luigino; Porta, Pier Luigi.<br>Publication: Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2007. </P>
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<P> Table of Contents <br>Cover<br>COPYRIGHT<br>Contents<br>Contributors<br>Introduction</P>
<P>PART I LESSONS FROM THE PAST</P>
<P>1 Happiness, wealth and utility in ancient thought<br>2 The 'technology of happiness' and the tradition of economic science<br>3 Human needs hierarchy and happiness: evidence from the late pre-classical and classical economics<br>4 Jeremy Bentham's quantitative analysis of happiness and its asymmetries<br>5 Public happiness and civil society<br>6 Kant on civilization, moralization and the paradox of happiness</P>
<P>PART II UNDERSTANDING THE PARADOX OF HAPPINESS<br>7 If happiness is so important, why do we know so little about it?<br>8 Well-being and consumption: towards a theoretical approach based on human needs satisfaction<br>9 Enjoyment of life, the structure of time and economic dynamics 170<br>10 Experienced versus decision utility of income: relative or absolute happiness 185<br>11 Past product experiences as determinants of happiness with target product experiences: implications for subjective well-being 209<br>12 The life plan view of happiness and the paradoxes of happiness 221</P>
<P>PART III RELATIONAL GOODS<br>13 The income–unhappiness paradox: a relational goods/Baumol disease explanation 239<br>14 The subjective well-being paradox: a suggested solution based on relational goods 263<br>15 The not-so-fragile fragility of goodness: the responsive quality of fiduciary relationships 290<br>16 Happiness, morality and game theory 318<br>17 Why are people so unhappy? Why do they strive so hard for money? Competing explanations of the broken promises of economic growth 337<br>18 On the demand for grandchildren: tied transfers and the demonstration effect 365</P>
<P>PART IV DATA AND POLICIES<br>19 Values and happiness in Mexico: the case of the metropolitan city of Monterrey 407<br>20 Happiness, satisfaction and socioeconomic conditions: some international evidence 429<br>21 Happiness and the standard of living: the case of South Africa 447<br>22 Federalism versus social citizenship: investigating the preference for equity in health care 487<br>23 Happiness and sustainability: a modern paradox 512<br>24 Ideals, conformism and reciprocity: a model of individual choice with conformist motivations, and an application to the not-for-profit case 532</P>
<P>Index</P>
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