Law and happiness /
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Happiness -- Congresses. Happiness -- Economic aspects -- Congresses. Well-being -- Government policy -- Congresses. Compensation (Law) -- Congresses. Compensation (Law) Happiness. Happiness -- Economic aspects. Conference papers and proceedings. |
| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8056112 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the conference on law and happiness / Eric A. Posner and Cass R. Sunstein
- Measuring well-being for public policy: preferences or experiences? / Paul Dolan and Tessa Peasgood
- Happiness inequality in the United States / Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers
- Who is the happy warrior? : philosophy poses questions to psychology / Martha C. Nussbaum
- Two recommendations on the pursuit of happiness / Christopher K. Hsee, Fei Xu, and Ningyu Tang
- Hive psychology, happiness, and public policy / Jonathan Haidt, J. Patrick Seder, and Selin Kesebir
- Illusory losses / Cass R. Sunstein
- Pain and suffering awards: they shouldn't be (just) about pain and suffering / Peter A. Ubel and George Loewenstein
- Death, happiness, and the calculation of compensatory damages / Andrew J. Oswald and Nattavudh Powdthavee
- Happiness research and cost-benefit analysis / Matthew Adler and Eric A. Posner
- What does happiness research tell us about taxation? / David A. Weisbach
- The effect of crime on life satisfaction / Mark A. Cohen.
