Preferences, income, and life satisfaction: an equivalence result

DOI10.1016/J.MATHSOCSCI.2015.02.003MaRDI QIDQ491298zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Holger Strulik

Publication date 24 August 2015

Published in Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/10419/80431

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Utility theory (91B16) Economic growth models (91B62)

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