Изплъзващата се цел на щастието (The Elusive Quest for Happiness)

Abstract

This article summarizes key findings in the contemporary research field of happiness economics. Elaborated is the influence of macroeconomic factors like inflation, unemployment, and GDP, as well as the quality of governance on the overall reported life satisfaction. The concepts of conspicuous consumption and the relative income hypothesis are brought in connection with the notion of the 'hedonic treadmill' for the purpose of explaining the invariant happiness levels in the last decades despite of the remarkable increase in standard of living. The methodological framework is used to find an answer to the puzzling question of declining women's reported happiness levels in developed economies.

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ГОДИШНИК НА СОФИЙСКИЯ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ “СВ. КЛИМЕНТ ОХРИДСКИ”
СТОПАНСКИ ФАКУЛТЕТ
Том 13, 2016
ANNUAL OF SOFIA UNIVERSITY “ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI”
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Volume 13, 2016
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Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски”, Стопански факултет
Катедра Икономика
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Teodor Sedlarski, Zhelyu Panayotov
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          
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      
McLaren
Седларски

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
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
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  
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 
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
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   
Frey, Stutzer,

 
   



   

      Ариели Седларски 
СедларскиДимитрова
парадокс на щастието
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Scitovsky
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McLaren
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


Kahneman, Kruger

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
      
   


Kahneman, Kruger

         
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Keynes

      




   
       
         
  McLaren    
          
  







Lowenstein, O`Donoghue, Rabin







Keynes



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високите доходи    
  

         

Frey, Stutzer
     
     

        
    
    

Sirgy
    




Easterlin



        






Kenny
            

             
    Gardner, Oswald    
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


SirgyFrey, Stutzer,
Ариели




Frey,
Stutzer








     Easterlin
Frey, Stutzer

безработицата




       
            
        
 


        

Frey, Stutzer





       

    Alesina, Di Tella,
MacCullochFrey, Stutzer


Di Tella, MacCulloch, Oswald



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    

    
Frey, Stutzer

 
 

 
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

0 „Психологическа“ цена:        
        
 
     

    


Clark,
Georgellis, Sanfrey
0 „Социална“ цена: 

    
           
 

    

Di TellaMacCulloch, Oswald
             
    




           




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

Frey, Stutzer

инфлация


             




      
Fischer
  

 Fischer Schiller  


   

  

Schiller

Frey, StutzerDiTella,
MacCulloch, Oswald

Blanchower, Oswald, 2000; DiTella, MacCulloch,
Oswald
      

           
   

        

    


DiTella, MacCulloch, Oswald

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

Седларски
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
           


    
  

       

        

Graham, Pettinato

     


Frey, Stutzer
пряката демокрация

  

     
          
     



       

    

Децентрализацията




Frey, Stutzer

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

    
   




  адаптация 
Frey, Stutzer
КанеманСедларски
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 
      
       

         
Brickman, Coates, Janoff, Bulman    



    Clark, Diener, Georgellis, Lucas 
   


Канеман

хедонична бягаща пътекахедонична мелница
hedonic treadmillEgbert, Mengov
Еasterlin

Burkholder

         
    




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       

    

           
Easterlin


Frey, Stutzer

Kahneman, Kruger

  



      
   
       
   желанията aspiration
treadmill



Kahneman, Krueger


    



          





Канеман


се сравняват 

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
FrankСедларски

  Easterlin
    


  


Frey, Stutzer
      
          
       
 показно потреблениеconspicuous
consumption
      Veblen    Сед-
ларски   
Duesenberry   
хипотеза за относителния доход relative income hypothesis  
   външните ефектиexternalities 
     



Frey,
Stutzer
     
Van Praag, Kapteyn
 Van Praag, Frijters       



      
      
    


Frey, Stutzer
 


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     
   


   
позиционни благаpositional goods

HirschFrank
   



Сед-
ларски

 

  


 
 
Frey, Stutzer
       








        
 (Di Tella, MacCulloch, Oswald     


      


   

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
 
     

     
  
  
Frey, Stutzer
aspiration
level
щастието зависи от раз-
ликата между желаното и текущото състояниеDuesenberry
Pollack
 
        
     




 


  
Frey, Stutzer

Stevenson, Wolfers


  
 
    
Blau

      обективното 



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Blau, Kahn

Пеовски
 

 
субективното

  




Stevenson, Wolfers
     



     









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            


KruegerStevenson,
Wolfers





 

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
         
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    
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
   Stevenson, Wolfers  
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     

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       
    Bjоrnskov,
Dreher, Fischer



  
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Putnam
Twenge


     

   

  
      
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
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Kahneman








      


        




Diener
  



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
Stevenson, Wolfers


    

Sachs, Helliwell, Layard

        
      
      




     

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 
      
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Sachs, Helliwell, Layard


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   
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  Предвидимо ирационални. Кои са силите, формиращи нашите решения.
 Predictably Irrational. The Hidden Forces
That Shape Our Decisions
МисленетоThinking,
Fast and Slow
Икономическа мисъл
   Икономически теории (История на икономическата мисъл) 


Икономическа мисъл

Икономическа мисъл

  Икономически и социални алтернативи
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Нова институционална икономика
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Институционални аспекти на пазара


Икономическа мисъл
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     
      
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       
       
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    American Eco-
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