TV channels, self control and happiness

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TV channels, self control and happiness

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ID	396423
Author(s)	Benesch, Christine; Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois
Author(s) at UniBasel	Stutzer, Alois
Year	2010
Title	TV channels, self control and happiness
Journal	B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
Volume	10
Number	1
Pages / Article-Number	86
Keywords	self-control, over-consumption, life satisfaction, experienced utility, TV viewing
Abstract	Standard economic theory suggests that more choice is usually better. We address this claim and investigate whether people can cope with the increasing number of television programs and watch the amount of TV they find optimal for themselves or whether they are prone to over-consumption. We find that heavy TV viewers do not benefit but instead report lower life satisfaction with access to more TV channels. This finding suggests that an identifiable group of individuals experiences a self-control problem when it comes to TV viewing.
Publisher	De Gruyter
URL	https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bejeap.2010.10.1/bejeap.2010.10.1.2119/bejeap.2010.10.1.2119.xml
edoc-URL	http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5840066
Full Text on edoc	Available
Digital Object Identifier DOI	10.2202/1935-1682.2119
ISI-Number	WOS:000283285700002
Document type (ISI)	Article

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