On financial generosity and well-being : where, when, and how spending money on others increases happiness

Can money buy happiness? Recent research has shown that how people spend their money can have important consequences for their well-being. Specifically, research by Dunn, Aknin, and Norton (2008) demonstrated that spending money on others (prosocial spending) leads to higher levels of happiness than...

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Main Author: Aknin, Lara Beth
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42059