Geography, reference groups, and the determinants of life satisfaction
This dissertation combines three contributions to the literature on the determinants of well-being and the social nature of preferences. Departures from self-centred, consumption-oriented decision making are increasingly common in economic theory and are empirically well motivated by a wide range of...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3696 |