Peter Howley

University of Leeds - Faculty of Business

Leeds LS2 9JT

United Kingdom

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (20)

1.

National Identity and Brexit

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 23-03
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 04 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Peter Howley and Muhammad Waqas
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of Bradford
Downloads 905 (56,357)
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economics of happiness, immigration, national identity, social identity theory, immigration attitudes

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Locked down in Distress: a Causal Estimation of the Mental-Health Fallout from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2022
University of Bradford, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Bradford and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 297 (218,151)
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subjective well-being; mental health; COVID-19; lockdown; UK

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Open Minds, Open Borders: Individual differences in the relationship between immigration and psychological well-being

Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2021
Peter Howley, Muhammad Waqas and Neel Ocean
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Bradford and University of Warwick
Downloads 292 (222,143)

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psychological well-being; personality; prejudice; openness; identity; trust

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Lettuce Be Happy: The Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption on Subjective Well-Being in the UK

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 18-12
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2018
Neel Ocean, Peter Howley and Jonathan Ensor
University of Warwick, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of York
Downloads 246 (264,532)

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UK, Subjective well-being, GHQ-12, fruit and vegetables, diet, UKHLS, panel data

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Doing More with Less: Leveraging Social Norms and Status Concerns in Encouraging Conservation Farm Practices

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2019
Peter Howley and Neel Ocean
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of Warwick
Downloads 191 (336,629)
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Social norms, peer-effects, environmental measures, farmers, agri-environmental schemes

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Using Choice Framing to Improve the Design of Agricultural Subsidy Schemes

Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2019
Neel Ocean and Peter Howley
University of Warwick and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 183 (350,128)

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prospect theory, framing, mental accounting, loss aversion, agricultural subsidy

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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2021
Kausik Chaudhuri and Peter Howley
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 154 (406,732)
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covid-19; mental well-being; vaccination; propensity score matching

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Which motivations would make farmers happier, and which would they choose?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 May 2021
Neel Ocean and Peter Howley
University of Warwick and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 137 (446,972)

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Farmers, well-being, preferences, happiness vs choice, non-pecuniary benefits

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Immigration and Self-Reported Well-Being in England

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 19-01
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 May 2018 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2019
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Stirling, University of Bradford, University College Dublin (UCD) - Geary Institute and Department of Economics and University of York - Department of Politics
Downloads 128 (471,907)

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Immigration, subjective well-being, England

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Staying Down with the Joneses: Neighbourhood Differences in the Well-being Effects of Unemployment

Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 May 2018 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2019
Peter Howley and Sarah Knight
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of York
Downloads 121 (493,189)

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comparison effects, unemployment, subjective well-being, personality traits

‘Tiger-Hunting’ and Life Satisfaction: A Matter of Trust

CESifo Working Paper No. 10058
Posted: 16 Nov 2022
Youxing Zhang, Clemens Hetschko and Peter Howley
University of Leeds, University of Leeds and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 87 (628,051)

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corruption, life satisfaction, political trust, signalling theory, confirmation bias

'Tiger-Hunting' and Life Satisfaction: A Matter of Trust

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Sep 2023
Youxing Zhang, Peter Howley and Clemens Hetschko
University of Leeds, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of Leeds - Economics Department
Downloads 25 (1,107,021)

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Corruption, life satisfaction, political trust, signalling theory, confirmation bias JEL Classification: D73, I31, P48, O17

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Prevention is Better than Cure: The Legacy Effects of Ill-Health on Psychological Well-Being

Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 May 2018
Peter Howley and Stephen O'Neill
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of Galway - Department of Economics
Downloads 111 (526,426)

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psychological well-being, health conditions, adaptation

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Happy Citizens Trust Their Rulers

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Oct 2023
Youxing Zhang, Peter Howley and Clemens Hetschko
University of Leeds, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of Leeds
Downloads 102 (560,302)

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Political trust, Life satisfaction, Social contract, Regime stability, Accountability JEL Classification: D72, D78, H11, I31, P35, P48

Is the Mental Fallout From a Pandemic Moderated by Neighbourhood Characteristics? Evidence From the First Wave of COVID-19 in Great Britain

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 May 2022 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2023
University of Bradford, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Bradford and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 69 (719,563)

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Subjective well-being; mental health; COVID-19; lockdown; UK Neighbourhood

Is the Mental Fallout From a Pandemic Moderated by Neighbourhood Characteristics? Evidence From the First Wave of COVID-19 in Great Britain

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 May 2022
University of Bradford, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Bradford and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 30 (1,045,723)

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Subjective well-being; mental health; COVID-19; lockdown; UK Neighbourhood

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Can Nudging Only Get You So Far? Testing for Crowd Out Effects

Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 May 2021
Peter Howley and Neel Ocean
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and University of Warwick
Downloads 93 (595,568)
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farmer behaviour, nudges, social norms, status, crowd-out, combination nudge

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The impact of ETS on Productivity in developing economies: A micro-econometric evaluation with Chinese firm-level data

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Oct 2022
RUSHI CHEN, Peter Howley and Effie Kesidou
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business and Department of Economics, Leeds University Business School,University of Leeds
Downloads 85 (629,460)

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Emission trading scheme; Time-varying difference-in-difference; Porter hypothesis; policy evaluation.

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The Accidental Environmentalists: Factors Affecting Farmers’ Adoption of Pro-Environmental Activities in England and Ontario

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 19-02
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 26 May 2018
Eric Marr and Peter Howley
University of York and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 81 (647,453)
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Farmers’ environmental attitudes, Stakeholder organisations, England, Ontario, Comparative analysis

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What's the Point? An Empirical Investigation of Reference Point Formation

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2025
Zak Whitecliff and Peter Howley
Independent and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 70 (702,359)

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reference point, subjective well-being, Prospect Theory, social comparisons, expectations, status quo

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Not all leisure is created equal: Income-induced constraints on the enjoyment of leisure

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2025
Leila Gautham, Clemens Hetschko and Peter Howley
Leeds University Business School (LUBS) - Division of Economics, University of Leeds and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
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leisure, consumption, inequality, emotional wellbeing

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Kill Me if You Can: Early Life Adversity and Resilience

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jul 2024
Youxing Zhang and Peter Howley
University of Leeds and University of Leeds - Faculty of Business
Downloads 37 (944,789)

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mental well-being, resilience, early life adversity, steeling effect theory