消费理论和消费者主观幸福评估【外文翻译】.doc

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外文题目:Consumption theories and consumers' assessments of subjective well-being.
出处:Journal of Consumer Affairs; Winter92, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p243, 19p, 3 Charts
作者: MacDonald, Maurice Douthitt, Robin A.
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ABSTRACT
Presents a paper which examines the relationship between psychological well-being and objective, economic well-being as measured using three different economic theories of consumption behavior. Life cycle e hypothesis; Relative e hypothesis; Resource deficit hypothesis; Methods and discussion.
I. Introduction
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between psychological well-being and objective, economic well-being as measured using three different economic theories of consumption behavior. The theories examined are the life cycle e hypothesis, the relative e hypothesis, and a resource deficit hypothesis. The results from analyses of the Wisconsin Basic Needs Study data demonstrate the importance of careful economic variable construction and support the economic presumption that e and life satisfaction are positively related. The relative e hypothesis model accounts for the greatest explained variance and is also superior in that it is easier to specify.
This paper examines the relationships between subjective assessments of well-being and objective economic variables to test pare three different economic theories of consumption behavior: Modigliani's life cycle e hypothesis (1986); Duesenberry's relative e hypothesis (1949); and a resource deficit hypothesis attributed to Kyrk (1953). Multivariate analyses were designed to isolate pare the independent effects on subjective well-being of objective economic measures representing these three hypotheses.
The following quotes provide an introduction to the main ideas for three different models of the relationship of changes in consumer resources to perceptions of well-being.
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