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A Longitudinal Study of Medium-Sized Lottery Wins institutional View
Lottery Wins and Satisfaction: Overturning Brickman in Modern Longitudinal Data on Germany peer-reviewed View
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Review of Economic Studies peer-reviewed View
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What research hasn't answered 3 gaps
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A Longitudinal Study of Medium-Sized Lottery Wins institutional View
Lottery Wins and Satisfaction: Overturning Brickman in Modern Longitudinal Data on Germany peer-reviewed View
Medium blog View
ScienceDirect institutional View
Positive Psychology blog View
A Longitudinal Study of Medium-Sized Lottery Wins institutional View
Lottery Wins and Satisfaction: Overturning Brickman in Modern Longitudinal Data on Germany peer-reviewed View
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