Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire E. Ashton-James, Michael I. Norton

NBER Working Paper No. 16415
Issued in September 2010

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The authors thank Michael Gill, Benjamin Bluman, Anthony Harris, Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan, and Jason Riis for their help. The authors are also grateful to the Gallup Corporation for providing access to the Gallup World Poll data. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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