Does watching TV make us happy?

被引：139

作者：

Frey, Bruno S.

Benesch, Christine

Stutzer, Alois

机构：

[1] Univ Zurich, Inst Empir Res Econ, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland

[2] Univ Basel, Dept Econ, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY | 2007年 / 28卷 / 03期

关键词：

life satisfaction; mispredicting utility; revealed behavior; self-control problem; TV consumption;

D O I：

10.1016/j.joep.2007.02.001

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Watching TV is a major human activity. Because of its immediate benefits at negligible immediate marginal costs it is for many people tempting to view TV rather than to pursue more engaging activities. As a consequence, individuals with incomplete control over, and foresight into, their own behavior watch more TV than they consider optimal for themselves and their well-being is lower than what could be achieved. We find that heavy TV viewers, and in particular those with significant opportunity cost of time, report lower life satisfaction. Long TV hours are also linked to higher material aspirations and anxiety. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：283 / 313

页数：31

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