Lara B. Aknin

University of British Columbia

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Vancouver, British Columbia BC V6T 1Z4

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Feeling Good About Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior

Harvard Business School Marketing Unit Working Paper No. 10-012
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Aug 2009
Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton and Elizabeth W. Dunn
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of British Columbia, Harvard Business School - Marketing Unit and University of British Columbia - Department of Psychology
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Abstract Construal Makes the Emotional Rewards of Prosocial Behavior More Salient

Journal of Positive Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 Sep 2014
Lara B. Aknin, Leaf Van Boven and Laura Johnson-Graham
University of British Columbia, University of Colorado Boulder and University of Colorado at Boulder
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prosocial behavior, construal level, well-being, volunteerism

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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

NBER Working Paper No. w16415
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
Lara B. Aknin, Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire E. Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton
University of British Columbia, McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy, University of British Columbia - Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - Centre for Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP), Mbarara University of Science and Technology - Educational Foundations and Psychology, Makerere University, University of Groningen - Department of Social and Organizational Psychology and Harvard Business School - Marketing Unit
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Social Capital and Prosocial Behaviour as Sources of Well-Being

NBER Working Paper No. w23761
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
John F. Helliwell, Lara B. Aknin, Hugh Shiplett, Haifang Huang and Shun Wang
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Vancouver School of Economics, University of Alberta - Department of Economics and KDI School of Public Policy and Management
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The Emotional Consequences of Donation Opportunities

NBER Working Paper No. w20696
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Lara B. Aknin, Guy Mayraz and John F. Helliwell
University of British Columbia, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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