And, though quibbling about self-interest and motives, and objects of desire, and the greatest happiness of the greatest number, is but a poor employment for a grown man, it certainly hurts the health less than hard drinking and the fortune less than high play; it is not much more laughable than phrenology, and is immeasurably more humane than cock-fighting. — T. B. Macaulay
Books
Doctoral dissertations
Angner (2005) Subjective Measures of Well-Being: A Philosophical Examination (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh). etd-08192005-130324
Angner (2004) An Attempt to Understand the Nature and Origin of Hayek's Transformation (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh). etd-11282004-151807
Angner (2004) An Attempt to Understand the Nature and Origin of Hayek's Transformation (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh). etd-11282004-151807
Papers (peer-reviewed)
Angner, Erik (forthcoming) "We're All Behavioral Economists Now," Journal of Economic Methodology
Angner, Erik (2018) "What Preferences Really Are," Philosophy of Science 85(4):660–681. doi:10.1086/699193
Helms McCarthy, Sara, Erik Angner, Brian Scott, and Sarah Culver (2018) “Mandated Volunteering: An Experimental Approach,” Applied Economics 50(27): 2992–3006. doi:10.1080/00036846.2017.1414931
Angner, Erik (2015) “‘To Navigate Safely in the Vast Sea of Empirical Facts’: Ontology and Methodology in Behavioral Economics,” Synthese 192(11): 3557–3575. doi:10.1007/s11229-014-0552-9
Angner, Erik (2013) “Is Empirical Research Relevant to Philosophical Questions?,” Res Philosophica 90(3): 343–363. doi:10.11612/resphil.2013.90.3.4
Angner, Erik (2013) “Is it Possible to Measure Happiness? The Argument from Measurability,” European Journal for Philosophy of Science 3(2): 221–240. doi:10.1007/s13194-013-0065-2
Angner, Erik, Jennifer Ghandhi, Kristen Williams Purvis, Daniel Amante, and Jeroan Allison (2013) “Daily Functioning, Health Status, And Happiness In Older Adults,” Journal of Happiness Studies 14(5): 1563–1574. doi:10.1007/s10902-012-9395-6
Cuffee, Yendelela L., Erik Angner, Norman Oliver, Deborah Plumber, Catarina Kiefe, Jeroan J. Allison, and Sandral Hullett (2012) “Does Happiness Predict Medication Adherence among African Americans with Hypertension?,” Applied Research in Quality of Life 7(4): 403–412. doi:10.1007/s11482-012-9170-1
Angner, Erik (2011) “Are Subjective Measures of Well-Being ‘Direct’?,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 89(1): 115–130. doi:10.1080/00048400903401665
Angner, Erik (2011) “The Evolution of Eupathics: The Historical Roots of Subjective Measures of Wellbeing,” The International Journal of Wellbeing 1(1): 4–41. doi:10.5502/ijw.v1i1.14
Angner, Erik, Sandral Hullett, and Jeroan J. Allison (2011) “‘I’ll Die with the Hammer in my Hand’: John Henryism as a Predictor of Happiness,” Journal of Economic Psychology 32(3): 357–366. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2011.01.002
Angner, Erik (2010) “Subjective Well-Being,” Journal of Socio-Economics 39(3): 361–368. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2009.12.001
Angner, Erik, Michael J. Miller, Midge N. Ray, Kenneth G. Saag, and Jeroan J. Allison (2010) “Health Literacy and Happiness: A Community-Based Study,” Social Indicators Research 95(2): 325–338. doi:10.1007/s11205-009-9462-5
Angner, Erik, Midge N. Ray, Kenneth G. Saag, and Jeroan J. Allison (2009) “Health and Happiness Among Older Adults: A Community-Based Study,” Journal of Health Psychology 14(4): 503–512. doi:10.1177/1359105309103570
Cobaugh, Daniel J., Erik Angner, Catarina I. Kiefe, Rachel. B. Fry, Midge N. Ray, Cynthia L. LaCivita, Norman W. Weissman, Kenneth G. Saag, and Jeroan J. Allison (2008) “Effects of Racial Differences on Ability to Afford Prescription Medications,” American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 65(22): 2137–2143. doi:10.2146/ajhp080062
Angner, Erik (2006) “Economists as Experts: Overconfidence in Theory and Practice,” Journal of Economic Methodology 13(1): 1–24. doi:10.1080/13501780600566271
Angner, Erik (2004) “Revisiting Rawls: A Theory of Justice in the Light of Levi’s Theory of Decision,” Theoria 70(1): 3–21. doi:10.1111/j.1755-2567.2004.tb00977.x
Angner, Erik (2004) “Did Hayek Commit the Naturalistic Fallacy?,” Journal of the History of Economic Thought 26(3): 349–361. doi:10.1080/1042771042000263830
Angner, Erik (2002) “Levi’s Account of Preference Reversals,” Economics and Philosophy 18(2): 289–304. doi:10.1017/S0266267102002067
Angner, Erik (2002) “The History of Hayek’s Theory of Cultural Evolution,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 33(4): 695–718. doi:10.1016/S1369-8486(02)00024-9
Lindahl, Gabriel, Erik Angner, Urban Rosenqvist, and Ragnar Westerling (2002) “Viktigt med bra kunskapsunderlag för besparingsförslag i vården,” Läkartidningen 99(13): 1482–1484
Angner, Erik (2018) "What Preferences Really Are," Philosophy of Science 85(4):660–681. doi:10.1086/699193
Helms McCarthy, Sara, Erik Angner, Brian Scott, and Sarah Culver (2018) “Mandated Volunteering: An Experimental Approach,” Applied Economics 50(27): 2992–3006. doi:10.1080/00036846.2017.1414931
Angner, Erik (2015) “‘To Navigate Safely in the Vast Sea of Empirical Facts’: Ontology and Methodology in Behavioral Economics,” Synthese 192(11): 3557–3575. doi:10.1007/s11229-014-0552-9
Angner, Erik (2013) “Is Empirical Research Relevant to Philosophical Questions?,” Res Philosophica 90(3): 343–363. doi:10.11612/resphil.2013.90.3.4
Angner, Erik (2013) “Is it Possible to Measure Happiness? The Argument from Measurability,” European Journal for Philosophy of Science 3(2): 221–240. doi:10.1007/s13194-013-0065-2
Angner, Erik, Jennifer Ghandhi, Kristen Williams Purvis, Daniel Amante, and Jeroan Allison (2013) “Daily Functioning, Health Status, And Happiness In Older Adults,” Journal of Happiness Studies 14(5): 1563–1574. doi:10.1007/s10902-012-9395-6
Cuffee, Yendelela L., Erik Angner, Norman Oliver, Deborah Plumber, Catarina Kiefe, Jeroan J. Allison, and Sandral Hullett (2012) “Does Happiness Predict Medication Adherence among African Americans with Hypertension?,” Applied Research in Quality of Life 7(4): 403–412. doi:10.1007/s11482-012-9170-1
Angner, Erik (2011) “Are Subjective Measures of Well-Being ‘Direct’?,” Australasian Journal of Philosophy 89(1): 115–130. doi:10.1080/00048400903401665
Angner, Erik (2011) “The Evolution of Eupathics: The Historical Roots of Subjective Measures of Wellbeing,” The International Journal of Wellbeing 1(1): 4–41. doi:10.5502/ijw.v1i1.14
Angner, Erik, Sandral Hullett, and Jeroan J. Allison (2011) “‘I’ll Die with the Hammer in my Hand’: John Henryism as a Predictor of Happiness,” Journal of Economic Psychology 32(3): 357–366. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2011.01.002
Angner, Erik (2010) “Subjective Well-Being,” Journal of Socio-Economics 39(3): 361–368. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2009.12.001
Angner, Erik, Michael J. Miller, Midge N. Ray, Kenneth G. Saag, and Jeroan J. Allison (2010) “Health Literacy and Happiness: A Community-Based Study,” Social Indicators Research 95(2): 325–338. doi:10.1007/s11205-009-9462-5
Angner, Erik, Midge N. Ray, Kenneth G. Saag, and Jeroan J. Allison (2009) “Health and Happiness Among Older Adults: A Community-Based Study,” Journal of Health Psychology 14(4): 503–512. doi:10.1177/1359105309103570
Cobaugh, Daniel J., Erik Angner, Catarina I. Kiefe, Rachel. B. Fry, Midge N. Ray, Cynthia L. LaCivita, Norman W. Weissman, Kenneth G. Saag, and Jeroan J. Allison (2008) “Effects of Racial Differences on Ability to Afford Prescription Medications,” American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 65(22): 2137–2143. doi:10.2146/ajhp080062
Angner, Erik (2006) “Economists as Experts: Overconfidence in Theory and Practice,” Journal of Economic Methodology 13(1): 1–24. doi:10.1080/13501780600566271
Angner, Erik (2004) “Revisiting Rawls: A Theory of Justice in the Light of Levi’s Theory of Decision,” Theoria 70(1): 3–21. doi:10.1111/j.1755-2567.2004.tb00977.x
Angner, Erik (2004) “Did Hayek Commit the Naturalistic Fallacy?,” Journal of the History of Economic Thought 26(3): 349–361. doi:10.1080/1042771042000263830
Angner, Erik (2002) “Levi’s Account of Preference Reversals,” Economics and Philosophy 18(2): 289–304. doi:10.1017/S0266267102002067
Angner, Erik (2002) “The History of Hayek’s Theory of Cultural Evolution,” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 33(4): 695–718. doi:10.1016/S1369-8486(02)00024-9
Lindahl, Gabriel, Erik Angner, Urban Rosenqvist, and Ragnar Westerling (2002) “Viktigt med bra kunskapsunderlag för besparingsförslag i vården,” Läkartidningen 99(13): 1482–1484
Book chapters
Angner, Erik (in press) “Well-Being and Economics,” in Guy Fletcher (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Well-Being (London, Routledge), pp. 492–503. Available on SSRN.
Angner, Erik and George Loewenstein (2012) “Behavioral Economics,” in Uskali Mäki (Ed.) Handbook of the Philosophy of Science: Philosophy of Economics (Amsterdam: Elsevier), pp. 641–690. doi:10.1016/ B978-0-444-51676-3.50022-1
Angner, Erik (2011) “Current Trends in Welfare Measurement,” in John B. Davis and D. Wade Hands (Eds.) The Elgar Companion to Recent Economic Methodology (Northampton: Edward Elgar), pp. 121–154. doi:10.4337/ 9780857938077.00012
Angner, Erik (2009) “The Politics of Happiness: Subjective vs. Economic Measures as Measures of Social Well-Being,” in Lisa Bortolotti (Ed.) Philosophy and Happiness (New York: Palgrave), pp. 149–166
Angner, Erik (2009) “Subjective Measures of Well-Being: Philosophical Perspectives,” in Harold Kincaid and Don Ross (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 560–579. doi:10.1093/ oxfordhb/ 9780195189254.003.0021
Angner, Erik (2008) “The Philosophical Foundations of Subjective Measures of Well-Being,” in Luigino Bruni, Flavio Comim, and Maurizio Pugno (Eds.) Capabilities and Happiness (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 286–298
Loewenstein, George and Erik Angner (2003) “Predicting and Indulging Changing Preferences,” in George Loewenstein, Daniel Read, and Roy Baumeister (Eds.) Time and Decision: Economic and psychological perspectives on intertemporal choice (New York: Russell Sage Foundation), pp. 351–391
Angner, Erik and George Loewenstein (2012) “Behavioral Economics,” in Uskali Mäki (Ed.) Handbook of the Philosophy of Science: Philosophy of Economics (Amsterdam: Elsevier), pp. 641–690. doi:10.1016/ B978-0-444-51676-3.50022-1
Angner, Erik (2011) “Current Trends in Welfare Measurement,” in John B. Davis and D. Wade Hands (Eds.) The Elgar Companion to Recent Economic Methodology (Northampton: Edward Elgar), pp. 121–154. doi:10.4337/ 9780857938077.00012
Angner, Erik (2009) “The Politics of Happiness: Subjective vs. Economic Measures as Measures of Social Well-Being,” in Lisa Bortolotti (Ed.) Philosophy and Happiness (New York: Palgrave), pp. 149–166
Angner, Erik (2009) “Subjective Measures of Well-Being: Philosophical Perspectives,” in Harold Kincaid and Don Ross (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 560–579. doi:10.1093/ oxfordhb/ 9780195189254.003.0021
Angner, Erik (2008) “The Philosophical Foundations of Subjective Measures of Well-Being,” in Luigino Bruni, Flavio Comim, and Maurizio Pugno (Eds.) Capabilities and Happiness (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 286–298
Loewenstein, George and Erik Angner (2003) “Predicting and Indulging Changing Preferences,” in George Loewenstein, Daniel Read, and Roy Baumeister (Eds.) Time and Decision: Economic and psychological perspectives on intertemporal choice (New York: Russell Sage Foundation), pp. 351–391
Book reviews
Angner, Erik (in press) “Floris Heukelom, Behavioral Economics: A History (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014), pp. xii, 223. ISBN 9781107039346,” Journal of the History of Economic Thought. Available on SSRN
Angner, Erik (2015) “How Economists Work and Think: Review of The World in the Model by Mary S. Morgan, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012,” Journal of Economic Methodology. doi:10.1080/ 1350178X.2015.1037542
Weijers, Dan, Aaron Jarden, Erik Angner, George Burns, Erica Chadwick, Paul Jose, Mohsen Joshanloo, Margarita Tarronga, and Neil Thin (2013). “Review of The Oxford Handbook of Happiness.” International Journal of Wellbeing 3(2): 213–228. doi:10.5502/ ijw.v3i2.253
Angner, Erik (2011) “Fred Feldman, What is This Thing Called Happiness? (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. xv + 286,” Utilitas 23(4): 458–461. doi:10.1017/ S0953820811000318
— Erratum published in Utilitas 24(1): 150 (2012). doi:10.1017/ S0953820811000446
Angner, Erik (2002) “Friedrich Hayek: A biography, Alan Ebenstein. Palgrave, 2001, xiii + 403,” Economics and Philosophy 18(2): 381–385. doi:10.1017/ S0266267102262094
Angner, Erik (2015) “How Economists Work and Think: Review of The World in the Model by Mary S. Morgan, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012,” Journal of Economic Methodology. doi:10.1080/ 1350178X.2015.1037542
Weijers, Dan, Aaron Jarden, Erik Angner, George Burns, Erica Chadwick, Paul Jose, Mohsen Joshanloo, Margarita Tarronga, and Neil Thin (2013). “Review of The Oxford Handbook of Happiness.” International Journal of Wellbeing 3(2): 213–228. doi:10.5502/ ijw.v3i2.253
Angner, Erik (2011) “Fred Feldman, What is This Thing Called Happiness? (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. xv + 286,” Utilitas 23(4): 458–461. doi:10.1017/ S0953820811000318
— Erratum published in Utilitas 24(1): 150 (2012). doi:10.1017/ S0953820811000446
Angner, Erik (2002) “Friedrich Hayek: A biography, Alan Ebenstein. Palgrave, 2001, xiii + 403,” Economics and Philosophy 18(2): 381–385. doi:10.1017/ S0266267102262094
Other publications
Angner, Erik (2018) "Det lätta och det rätta," Filosofisk tidskrift 2018/3:3–10. urn:nbn:se:su:diva-154897
Angner, Erik (2012) “Health Care Policy Libertarians Go For,” Politico, June 26, p. 23. Available online
Angner, Erik (2010) “Commentary: Valerie Tiberius on Well-Being for Philosophers,” Wellbeing: A Cure-All for the Social Sciences?, Blackwell–Wiley Online Conference. Read it here
Tubaro, Paola and Erik Angner (2008) “The Future of History of Economics: Young Scholars’ Perspective,” Journal of the History of Economic Thought 30(1): 81–84. doi:10.1017/ S1042771608000069
Angner, Erik (2006) “Response to Caldwell and Reiss’s ‘Hayek, Logic, and the Naturalistic Fallacy,’” Journal of the History of Economic Thought 28(3): 371–373. doi:10.1080/ 10427710600857872
Angner, Erik (2002) “Oärlig kritik,” Dagens Nyheter, 24 October, p. B2. Available online
Angner, Erik (2012) “Health Care Policy Libertarians Go For,” Politico, June 26, p. 23. Available online
Angner, Erik (2010) “Commentary: Valerie Tiberius on Well-Being for Philosophers,” Wellbeing: A Cure-All for the Social Sciences?, Blackwell–Wiley Online Conference. Read it here
Tubaro, Paola and Erik Angner (2008) “The Future of History of Economics: Young Scholars’ Perspective,” Journal of the History of Economic Thought 30(1): 81–84. doi:10.1017/ S1042771608000069
Angner, Erik (2006) “Response to Caldwell and Reiss’s ‘Hayek, Logic, and the Naturalistic Fallacy,’” Journal of the History of Economic Thought 28(3): 371–373. doi:10.1080/ 10427710600857872
Angner, Erik (2002) “Oärlig kritik,” Dagens Nyheter, 24 October, p. B2. Available online
Work in progress
Angner, Erik (in progress) “Subjective Well-Being: When, and Why, It Matters.” Available on SSRN