Sul, S., Kim, J., & Choi, I. (2013). Subjective Well-Being and Hedonic Editing: How Happy People Maximize Joint Outcomes of Loss and Gain.
Hedonic editing refers to the decision strategy of arranging multiple events in time to maximize hedonic outcomes (Thaler in Market Sci 4:199–214, 1985). The present research investigated the relationship between subjective well-being and hedonic editing. In Study 1, we gave participants pairs of social or financial events and asked them to indicate their preferences regarding the sequence and interval length between the two events. Compared ...