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Moderation, contentment, work, and alms—A Buddhist household theory

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The paper deals with household theory from the angle of Buddhist thought. We build on the Buddhist terms of tanha versus chanda to express Buddhist preferences and Buddhist household theory in terms of textbook microeconomic terms. We find that preferences of Buddhist (enlightened) people may differ from those of non-Buddhist people in a systematic manner. Among other hypotheses, we deduce that Buddhists work harder than non-Buddhists if we control for meditation time. We argue that any full-grown Buddhist economics (if it is to exist) needs to build on Buddhist preference and household theory, either as presented here or in a different form.

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  • Wiese, Harald, 2011. "Moderation, contentment, work, and alms—A Buddhist household theory," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 40(6), pages 909-918.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:40:y:2011:i:6:p:909-918
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.08.016
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    Keywords

    Buddhism; Tanha; Chanda; Moderation; Happiness research;
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    JEL classification:

    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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