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This book explores the rapidly developing area of research called hedonics or "happiness studies." Researchers from fields such as philosophy, law, economics, and psychology explore the bases of happiness and what factors can increase or decrease it. The results have implications for both law and public policy.
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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
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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