Archive of Selected Publications

Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2014). 
Economic Consequences of Mispredicting Utility. Journal of Happiness Studies 15(4): 937-956. 
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Luechinger, Simon, Mark Schelker and Alois Stutzer (2014). 
Governance, Bureaucratic Rents and Well-Being Differentials Across U.S. States. Oxford Economic Papers 66(2): 443-464.
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Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Alois Stutzer (2014). 
Economic Approaches to Understanding Change in Happiness. In: Kennon M. Sheldon and Richard E. Lucas (eds.). Stability of Happiness. Amsterdam: Elsevier: 219-244.
Read here (IZA Discussion Paper). 

Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2012).
The Use of Happiness Research for Public Policy. Social Choice and Welfare 38(4): 659-674.
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Hsee, Christopher K., Yuval Rottenstreich and Alois Stutzer (2012).
Suboptimal Choices and the Need for Experienced Individual Well-Being in Economic Analysis. International Journal of Happiness and Development 1(1): 63-85. 
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Benesch, Christine, Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (2010).
TV Channels, Self Control and Happiness. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 10(1): Article 86.
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Frey, Bruno S., Simon Lüchinger and Alois Stutzer (2010).
The Life Satisfaction Approach to Environmental Valuation. Annual Review of Resource Economics 2: 139-160.
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Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2010).
Happiness and Public Choice. Public Choice 144(3-4): 557-573.
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Lalive, Rafael and Alois Stutzer (2010).
Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being. Journal of Population Economics 23(3): 933-962.
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Luechinger, Simon, Stephan Meier and Alois Stutzer (2010).
Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector. Journal of Human Resources 45(4): 998-1045. 
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Luechinger, Simon, Alois Stutzer and Rainer Winkelmann (2010).
Self-Selection Models for Public and Private Sector Job Satisfaction. In: Solomon W. Polachek and Konstantinos Tatsiramos (eds.). Jobs, Training and Worker Well-Being. Research in Labor Economics, Volume 30. Bingley, UK: Emerald: 233-251.

Stutzer, Alois and Bruno S. Frey (2010).
Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being. Social Research: An International Quarterly 77(2): 679-714.
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Frey, Bruno S., Simon Luechinger and Alois Stutzer (2009).
The Life Satisfaction Approach to Valuing Public Goods: The Case of Terrorism. Public Choice 138(3-4): 317-345. 
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Huppert, Felicia A., Nic Marks, Andrew Clark, Johannes Siegrist, Alois Stutzer, Joar Vittersø and Morten Wahrendorf (2009).
Measuring Well-Being Across Europe: Description of the ESS Well-being Module and Preliminary Findings. Social Indicators Research 91(3): 301–315.
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Luechinger, Simon, Stephan Meier and Alois Stutzer (2008).
Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 24(2): 476-488.
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Meier, Stephan and Alois Stutzer (2008).
Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself? Economica 75(1): 39-59.
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Stutzer, Alois and Bruno S. Frey (2008).
Stress That Doesn’t Pay: The Commuting Paradox. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 110(2): 339-366.
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Frey, Bruno S., Christine Benesch and Alois Stutzer (2007).
Does Watching TV Make Us Happy? Journal of Economic Psychology 28(3): 283-313. 
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Stutzer, Alois and Bruno S. Frey (2007).
What Happiness Research Can Tell Us About Self-Control Problems and Utility Misprediction. In: Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (eds). Economics and Psychology. A Promising New Cross-Disciplinary Field. Cambridge: MIT Press: 169-195.
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Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2006).
Mispredicting Utility and the Political Process. In: Edward J. McCaffery and Joel Slemrod (eds). Behavioral Public Finance. New York: Russell Sage Foundation: 113-140. 

Stutzer, Alois and Bruno S. Frey (2006).
Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married? Journal of Socio-Economics 35(2): 326-347. 
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Stutzer, Alois and Bruno S. Frey (2006).
Political Participation and Procedural Utility: An Empirical Study. European Journal of Political Research 45(3): 391-418. 
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Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2005).
Happiness Research: State and Prospects. Review of Social Economy 63(2): 207-228. 
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Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2005).
Testing Theories of Happiness. In: Luigino Bruni and Pierluigi Porta (eds.). Economics and Happiness. Framing the Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 116-146. 

Frey, Bruno S., Matthias Benz and Alois Stutzer (2004).
Introducing Procedural Utility: Not Only What but also How Matters. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 160(3): 377-401. 
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Stutzer, Alois (2004).
The Role of Income Aspirations in Individual Happiness. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 54(1): 89-109.
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Stutzer, Alois and Bruno S. Frey (2004).
Reported Subjective Well-Being: A Challenge for Economic Theory and Economic Policy. Schmollers Jahrbuch 124(2): 191-231.  

Stutzer, Alois and Rafael Lalive (2004).
The Role of Social Work Norms in Job Searching and Subjective Well-Being. Journal of the European Economic Association 2(4): 696-719. 
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Benz, Matthias and Alois Stutzer (2003).
Do Workers Enjoy Procedural Utility? Applied Economics Quarterly 49(2): 149-172. 
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Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2002).
What Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research? Journal of Economic Literature 40(2): 402-435. 
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Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2000).
Happiness, Economy and Institutions. Economic Journal 110(466): 918-938. 
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Comment in THE ECONOMIST

Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (1999).
Measuring Preferences by Subjective Well-Being. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 155(4): 755-778. 
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