Happiness Research. Contributions to Economic Ethics

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Economic Approaches to Understanding Change in Happiness

Economic Approaches to Understanding Change in Happiness Are people condemned to an inherent level of experienced happiness? A review of the economic research on subjective well-being gives reason to the assessment that happiness can change. First, empirical findings clearly indicate that people are not indifferent to adverse living conditions when reporting their subjective well-being as obser...

Happiness policy and economic development

Governments have paid great attention to the results of happiness research. In many countries, the object of government policy is no longer taken to be development in terms of raising GNP. Their focus has shifted to a National Index of Happiness. This paper analyses whether such an aggregate Happiness Index is a better guide to development than GNP or other indices of development. We argue that...

Research in ethics and economic behavior in accounting q

Issues related to ethics in business transactions have become increasingly important in recent years. To promote ethical behavior organizations have used techniques such as ethics hotlines, code of ethics, appointed ethics ocers, and undertaken other ways of encouraging ethical behavior (Morf et al., 1999, especially pp. 265, 269). Professional norms in tax practice also have signi®cant ethica...

A Formal Economic Theory for Happiness Studies: A Solution to the Happiness-Income Puzzle∗

This paper develops a formal economic theory that is mainly proposed to explain and study the Easterlin paradox — a puzzle at the heart of our lives: average happiness levels do not increase as countries grow wealthier. This theory provides a foundation for studying happiness from the perspectives of social happiness maximization and pursuing individual self-interest. It takes into account both...