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Happiness and declining inframarginal values

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  • Dwight Lee, 2009. "Happiness and declining inframarginal values," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 1-21, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbioec:v:11:y:2009:i:1:p:1-21
    DOI: 10.1007/s10818-009-9058-9
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    1. Philip Coelho & James McClure, 2009. "Inframarginal values and demand: Contra Dwight Lee," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 283-288, December.
    2. Dwight Lee, 2009. "‘Inframarginal values and demand: Contra Dwight Lee’: Response to Coelho and McClure," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 289-294, December.
    3. Dwight R. Lee, 2011. "Happiness, Adaptation, and Decreasing Marginal Utility of Income," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 27(Fall 2011), pages 63-73.

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    Keywords

    Adaptation; Anticipation; Consumer’s surplus; Demand curve; Evolutionary; Happiness; Moderation; A12; D60;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General

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