Search Results - "Kavetsos, Georgios"

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by Georgios Kavetsos Published in Social indicators research (01.03.2012)

“...This study focuses on the determinants of self-reported measures of national pride. Using pooled cross-sectional data for European countries obtained from the...”

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The Impact of the London Olympics Announcement on Property Prices

by Georgios Kavetsos Published in Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) (01.05.2012)

“...This study estimates the impact of the London 2012 Olympics announcement on property prices. Using a self-constructed dataset of a sample of property...”

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National well-being and international sports events

by Kavetsos, Georgios Szymanski, Stefan Published in Journal of economic psychology (2010)

“...The widely proclaimed economic benefits of hosting major sporting events have received substantial criticism by academic economists and have been shown to be...”

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In fatal pursuit of immortal fame: Peer competition and early mortality of music composers

by Borowiecki, Karol Jan Kavetsos, Georgios Published in Social science & medicine (1982) (01.06.2015)

“...We investigate the impact of peer competition on longevity using a unique historical data set of 144 prominent music composers born in the 19th century. We...”

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Happy Talk: Mode of Administration Effects on Subjective Well-Being

by Dolan, Paul Dolan, Paul Kavetsos, Georgios Kavetsos, Georgios Published in Journal of happiness studies (01.06.2016)

“...There is increasing interest in subjective well-being (SWB) both in academic and policy circles. As a result, considerable research efforts are now being...”

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The Happiness Workout

by Paul Dolan Georgios Kavetsos Ivo Vlaev
edited by Liao, Li Xiao, Jing Jian
Published in Social indicators research (01.12.2014)

“...This study tests for causality from exercise and physical activity to life satisfaction (LS) by applying an instrumental variable approach with the...”

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The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data

by De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel Ward, George De Keulenaer, Femke Van Landeghem, Bert Kavetsos, Georgios Norton, Michael I Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.05.2018)

“...Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth?We find that measures of subjective well-being are more than twice as sensitive...”

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Greasy Roads: The Impact of Bad Financial News on Road Traffic Accidents

by Vandoros, Sotiris Kavetsos, Georgios Dolan, Paul Published in Risk analysis (01.03.2014)

“...We use evidence from a natural experiment in Greece to study the effect of the announcement of austerity measures on road traffic accidents (RTAs). We use...”

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Technological affluence and subjective well-being

by Kavetsos, Georgios Koutroumpis, Pantelis Published in Journal of economic psychology (2011)

“...► We study the welfare effects of ownership of technological goods in Europe. ► Device ownership is largely associated with higher levels of subjective...”

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Sick but satisfied: The impact of life and health satisfaction on choice between health scenarios

by Dolan, Paul Kavetsos, Georgios Tsuchiya, Aki Published in Journal of health economics (01.07.2013)

“...Preference elicitation methods require respondents to predict the impact a change in health might have on their future selves. The focus on the change in...”

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Now or later? Understanding the etiologic period of suicide

by Vandoros, Sotiris Kavetsos, Georgios Published in Preventive medicine reports (2015)

“...Abstract Previous research shows that the announcement of austerity measures leads to an immediate and short-lived increase in behaviour that demonstrates...”

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Preparatory study for the revaluation of the EQ-5D tariff: methodology report

by Mulhern, Brendan Bansback, Nick Brazier, John Buckingham, Ken Cairns, John Devlin, Nancy Dolan, Paul Hole, Arne Risa Kavetsos, Georgios Longworth, Louise Rowen, Donna Tsuchiya, Aki Published in Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) (01.02.2014)

“...EQ-5D is a widely used generic measure of health with a 'tariff', or preference weights, obtained from the general population, using time trade-off (TTO). PRET...”

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Measuring happiness: context matters

by Kavetsos, Georgios Dimitriadou, Marika Dolan, Paul Published in Applied economics letters (24.03.2014)

“...We test for calendar effects and the presence of others in reports of life satisfaction using Eurobarometer data from 31 countries over 20 years. We find...”

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Pay transparency initiative and gender pay gap: evidence from research- intensive universities in the UK

by Gamage, Danula K Kavetsos, Georgios Mallick, Sushanta Kumar Sevilla, Almudena
01.08.2020

“...Given the ongoing efforts to close the gender pay gap across different sectors in the UK, this paper investigates the impact of a pay transparency initiative...”

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Educational interventions are unlikely to work because obese people aren't unhappy enough to lose weight

by Dolan, Paul Kavetsos, Georgios Published in BMJ : British Medical Journal (17.12.2012)

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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data

by Dolan, Paul Kavetsos, Georgios Krekel, Christian Mavridis, Dimitris Metcalfe, Robert D Senik-Leygonie, Claudia Szymanski, Stefan Ziebarth, Nicolas R
01.08.2019

“...Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi-experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London...”

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Form or function?: the effect of new sports stadia on property prices in London

by Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt Georgios Kavetsos Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in society (01.01.2014)

“...Professional sports facilities are among the most expensive development projects. Assessing the external effects related to these and the channels through...”

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The impact of physical activity on employment

by Kavetsos, Georgios Published in The Journal of socio-economics (2011)

“...► This paper studies the impact of physical activity on employment in 25 EU countries. ► The regional prevalence of physical activity (social norm) is used as...”

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Would you choose to be happy? Tradeoffs between happiness and the other dimensions of life in a large population survey

by Adler, Matthew D Dolan, Paul Kavetsos, Georgios Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.07.2017)

“...•Is happiness all that people want from life.•We trade-off happiness with income, physical health, family, career success and education.•All types of happiness...”

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In fatal pursuit of immortal fame:Peer competition and early mortality of music composers

by Borowiecki, Karol Jan Kavetsos, Georgios
01.06.2015

“...We investigate the impact of peer competition on longevity using a unique historical data set of 144 prominent music composers born in the 19th century. We...”

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