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hedonics

(hĭ-dŏn′ĭks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

The branch of psychology that studies pleasant and unpleasant sensations and states of mind.

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Then, the method of analysis used for the study and a brief primer on hedonic modeling are presented.

The Impact of Water Clarity on Home Value in Northern Wisconsin

Regardless of how exactly happiness cashes out theoretically, the findings of the hedonics literature matter greatly for the positive law of property.

Buying happiness: property, acquisition, and subjective well-being

When controls for direct measures of performance were used in their hedonic analysis of MPUs (benchmark scores on a battery of user tasks), their hedonic price index fell more than 20 percentage points faster than a hedonic index controlling for technical features during the 2000-13 period.

Does the United States have a productivity slowdown or a measurement problem?

Valuation and Hedonic Pricing Theory In their research examining the potential value of corporate naming rights for an arena in the city of Omaha, Nebraska, Ashley and O'Hara (2001) suggested three methods to conduct naming rights valuation studies.

A valuation analysis of corporate naming rights for collegiate sport venues

In leisure tourism, hedonic experience is a popular research topic.

Exploring the impact of hedonic activities on casino-hotel visitors' positive emotions and satisfaction

Despite potential differences in the hedonic preference for foods, many foods are sweetened or made with sugar to increase likability, because sweet tastes are known to be preferred (Yamamoto, 2003).

The effects of sugar consumption on satisfaction with body size and weight among Black, Hispanic, and White females

While much of this analysis has involved hedonic analysis (see below), there have been other important studies that are notable.

Regional science at sixty: traditional topics and new directions

In disparity, autotelic forms of information are related to the sensory experience and hedonic appreciation of the product (HOLBROOK and HIRSCHMAN, 1982).

The association between need for touch and desire for unique products and consumer (inter) dependent problem-solving/A relacao entre necessidade de toque e desejo por produtos unicos e solucao de problema (inter) dependente do consumidor/La relacion entre necesidad de tocar y deseo por productos unicos y la resolucion de problema (inter)dependiente del consumidor

herself draws on empirical work in hedonics to question shared

Introduction: the empirical revolution in law

Relying on data from studies in the field of hedonic psychology that track people's actual experience of life--data that have consistently been round reliable and valid--WBA is able to provide the same policy guidance as CBA without CBA's distortionary reliance upon predictions and dollar figures.

Well-being analysis vs. cost-benefit analysis

10) The Fed's series incorporates a new hedonic index for microprocessors (MPUs) since 2006 that falls more rapidly than the current BLS price index.

Is the information technology revolution over?

This means that the problems with the use of cross-city hedonics to generate QOL weights pertain even under the most optimistic of assumptions.