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Happypeopleworkdifferently.They’remoreproductive,morecreative,andwillingtotakegreaterrisks.Andnewresearchsuggeststhathappinessmight

influence 1 firm’swork,too.

Companieslocatedinplaceswithhappierpeopleinvestmore,accordingtoarecentresearch,firmsinhappyplacesspendmoreonRD(researchanddevelopment).

That’sbecausehappinessislinkedtothekindoflonger-termthinking 3 formakinginvestmentsforthefuture.

Theresearcherswantedtoknowifthe 4 andinclinationforrisk-takingthatcomewithhappinesswould 5 thewaycompaniesinvested.Sotheycompared.cities’averagehappiness 6 byGalluppollingwiththeinvestmentactivityofpubliclytradedfirmsinthoseareas.

7 enough,firms’investmentandRDintensitywerecorrelatedwiththe

happinessoftheareainwhichtheyisitreallyhappinesst’hastlinkedto

investment,orcouldsomethingelseabouthappiercities 9 whyfirmstherespendmoreonRD?Tofindout,theresearcherscontrolledforvarious 10 thatmightmakefirmsmorelikelytoinvest–likesize,industry,andsal–esandforindicators

thataplacewas 11 tolivein,likegrowthinwagesorpopulation.Thelinkbetweenhappinessandinvestmentgenerally 12 evenafteraccountingforthesethings.

Thecorrelationbetweenhappinessandinvestmentwasparticularlystrongforyoungerfirms,whichtheauthors 13 to“lesscodifieddecisionmakingproces”sandthepossiblepresenceof“youngerandless 14 managerswhoaremorelikely

tobeinfluencedbysentiment”.

Therelationshipwas 15 strongerinplaceswhere

happinesswasspread seemtoinvestmoreinplaceswheremostpeoplearerelativelyhappy,ratherthaninplaceswithhappinessinequality.

17 thisdoesn’tprovethathappinesscausesfirmstoinvestmoreortotakealonger-termview,theauthorsbelieveitatleast 18 atthatpossibi’lsitnyo.tIhtardtoimaginethatlocalcultureandsentiment