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The Subjective Well-Being of Nations: A Role for Marketing?

Yue Pan

University of Dayton

George M. Zinkhan

Coca-Cola Company Chair of Marketing at the University of Georgia

Shibin Sheng

Adelphi University

In this study, the authors test a conceptual model that explains the subjective well-being (SWB) of nations. The authors include traditional predictors (e.g., human rights) and marketing variables (e.g., advertising expenditure, retailing indexes) in their model. They are especially interested to see to what extent marketing activities are associated with citizens' welfare or happiness. Using data from fifty-five countries, the authors find that one marketing variable (advertising expenditure per capita) strongly correlates with SWB, while another (number of retail outlet per capita) does not show a strong relationship with SWB. However, the strong relation fades away when other e fects are partialed out. The authors' model accounts for a large amount of variance in SWB. However, the e fect of marketing variables in a multivariate setting is not particularly strong.

Key Words: subjective well-being • rights • national wealth • individualism • marketing activities

Journal of Macromarketing, Vol. 27, No. 4, 360-369 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0276146707307211
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