@incollection{Hirata2019,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {Keynes' Grandchildren and Easterlin's Paradox. What Is Keeping Us from Reducing Our Working Hours?},
  series = {The Economics of Happiness. How the Easterlin Paradox Transformed Our Understanding of Well-Being and Progress},
  volume    = {2019},
  booktitle = {The Economics of Happiness. How the Easterlin Paradox Transformed Our Understanding of Well-Being and Progress},
  editor    = {Rojas, Mariano},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-030-15835-4 (Online); 978-3-030-15834-7 (Print)},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-030-15835-4_13},
  pages     = {303 -- 317},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {In 1930 Keynes famously predicted that 100 years later-i.e. in 2030-the "economic problem" would be solved and we would be living in an "age of leisure and of abundance" working only 3 h a day. In the same text, Keynes stated that there are absolute and relative needs ("in the sense that we feel them only if their satisfaction lifts us above, makes us feel superior to, our fellows"), but he thought that relative needs are of minor importance. Richard Easterlin's work, on the other hand, suggests that relative needs are pervasive and that wellbeing depends much more on one's relative income than Keynes once thought. It will be argued in this text that Richard Easterlin's findings, in spite of proving Keynes off the mark in his understatement of relative needs, strengthens the case for working time reductions: the larger the proportion of goods subject to the relative-income effect, the greater are the benefits of working fewer hours. Perhaps the main explanation for why we are still sticking to the 40-h work-week is that the Easterlin paradox has not been widely understood yet.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Hirata2017,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {The Power of GDP and its Limitations},
  series = {Happiness - Transforming the Development Landscape},
  booktitle = {Happiness - Transforming the Development Landscape},
  organization    = {The Centre for Bhutan Studies and GNH},
  isbn      = {978-99936-14-90-6},
  pages     = {379 -- 393},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Thirty years ago, the Fourth King of Bhutan famously proclaimed that ―Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product, thereby setting Bhutan on a holistic development path. Following this historic declaration, Bhutan developed a Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index and screening tool to evaluate all new policies, proclaiming that: ―Gross National Happiness measures the quality of a country in more holistic way [than GNP] and believes that the beneficial development of human society takes place when material and spiritual development occur side by side to complement and reinforce each other. In July 2011, 68 nations joined Bhutan in co-sponsoring its UN General Assembly resolution on ―Happiness: Towards a Holistic Approach to Development.},
  language  = {en}
}
@incollection{Hirata2015,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {Was ist gute soziale Praxis und wann ist diese m{\"o}glich?},
  series = {St. Galler Wirtschaftsethik: Programmatik, Positionen, Perspektiven},
  booktitle = {St. Galler Wirtschaftsethik: Programmatik, Positionen, Perspektiven},
  number    = {16},
  editor    = {Beschorner, Thomas and Ulrich, Peter and Wettstein, Florian},
  publisher = {Metropolis},
  address   = {Marburg},
  isbn      = {978-3-7316-1146-2},
  pages     = {107 -- 114},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Hirata2015,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {How should we measure GDP? The origin and nature of a contested concept},
  series = {International Review of Economics Journal of Civil Economy},
  volume    = {62},
  journal   = {International Review of Economics Journal of Civil Economy},
  number    = {1},
  issn      = {1865-1704 (Print); 1863-4613 (Online)},
  doi       = {10.1007/s12232-014-0222-8},
  pages     = {85 -- 89},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{Hirata2015,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {Gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Einordnung},
  series = {Nachhaltigkeitsmarketing : eine fallstudienbasierte Einf{\"u}hrung},
  volume    = {2015},
  booktitle = {Nachhaltigkeitsmarketing : eine fallstudienbasierte Einf{\"u}hrung},
  editor    = {Griese, Kai Michael},
  publisher = {Springer Gabler},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-658-05851-7_4},
  pages     = {87 -- 105},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{Hirata2012,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {Zum systematischen Stellenwert von Wirtschaftswachstum: Ziel, Mittel oder weder noch?},
  series = {Effizienz oder Gl{\"u}ck? Wirtschaftsethische und moral{\"o}konomische Perspektiven der Kritik an {\"o}konomischen Erfolgsfaktoren},
  volume    = {2012},
  booktitle = {Effizienz oder Gl{\"u}ck? Wirtschaftsethische und moral{\"o}konomische Perspektiven der Kritik an {\"o}konomischen Erfolgsfaktoren},
  editor    = {Aufderheide, Detlef},
  publisher = {Duncker \& Humblot},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-428-13934-7},
  pages     = {105 -- 130},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Hirata2012,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {Wirtschaftswachstum und gute Entwicklung. Was ist dran an der Wachstumskritik?},
  series = {RHI-Position},
  journal   = {RHI-Position},
  number    = {12},
  publisher = {Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft K{\"o}ln Medien GmbH},
  address   = {K{\"o}ln},
  organization    = {Roman Herzog Institut e.V.},
  isbn      = {978-3-941036-29-1},
  issn      = {1863-8090},
  pages     = {46},
  year      = {2012},
  language  = {de}
}
@book{Hirata2011,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {Happiness, ethics and economics},
  series = {Routledge frontiers of political economy},
  journal   = {Routledge frontiers of political economy},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  address   = {London},
  isbn      = {978-0-415-58404-3},
  pages     = {XVII, 185},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Despite decades of empirical happiness research, there is still little evidence for the positive effect of economic growth on life satisfaction. This poses a major challenge to welfare economic theory and to normative conceptions of socio-economic development. This book endeavours to explain these findings and to make sense of their ethical implications. While most of the existing literature on empirical happiness research is ultimately interested in understanding how to improve human lives and societal development, the ethical backdrop against which these findings are evaluated is rarely made explicit. In contrast to this, Professor Hirata focuses on the role happiness should play in an ethically founded conception of good development. Taking a development ethics perspective, this book proposes a nuanced conception of happiness that includes both its affective and its normative dimensions and embeds this in a comprehensive conception of good development. The argument is that happiness should not be regarded as the only thing that determines a good life and that good development cannot sensibly be thought of as a matter of maximizing happiness. Happiness should rather be seen as an important indicator for the presence or absence of those concerns that really matter to people: the reasons that give rise to happiness. This book should be of interest to students and researchers of economics, psychology and development studies.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KokeSchippmannZhangetal.2020,
  author    = {Koke, Johannes and Schippmann, Andr{\´e} and Zhang, Xingxing and Shen, Jingshun and Kaufmann, Peter and Krause, Stefan},
  title     = {Regenerative Energiekonzepte zur Versorgung von Containergeb{\"a}uden f{\"u}r verschiedene Klimazonen},
  series = {Tagungsband RET.Con 2020},
  volume    = {2020},
  booktitle = {Tagungsband RET.Con 2020},
  editor    = {Wesselak, Viktor},
  publisher = {Hochschule Nordhausen},
  address   = {Nordhausen},
  isbn      = {978-3-940820-16-7},
  pages     = {167 -- 180},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Leichtbauanwendungen auf Basis des Containerbaus bieten {\"o}kologische und {\"o}konomische Potenziale f{\"u}r das Bauwesen und sind daher relevant innerhalb der Energiewende zur Erreichung eines nahezu klimaneutralen Geb{\"a}udebestandes. Daher werden hier verschiedene Anwendungen in unterschiedlichen Klimazonen behandelt. Dazu werden zun{\"a}chst die globalen Klimazonen analysiert und containerbasierte Leichtbaul{\"o}sungen mit ihren Energiebedarfen und Nutzerprofilen vorgestellt. Durch bautechnische Optimierungen wird nahezu ein Passivhausstandard hergestellt. Auf Basis dieser Eingangsdaten werden verschiedene Energiekonzepte diskutiert, bei denen Solar- und Windenergie, aber auch Biomasse als regenerative Energietr{\"a}ger integriert werden. Die Konzepte werden allesamt mit der Software Polysun® simuliert und analysiert. Die verschiedenen Ans{\"a}tze werden insbesondere in Bezug Energieautarkie, aber auch in Bezug auf Umsetzbarkeit verglichen und bewertet. Beispielsweise k{\"o}nnen mit einem Konzept bestehend aus einer Photovoltaik-Anlage, W{\"a}rmepumpe zur W{\"a}rme- und K{\"a}lteerzeugung sowie integriertem Batteriespeicher, W{\"a}rme- und K{\"a}ltespeicher sehr gute Ergebnisse erzielt werden. Schließlich wird noch der Einfluss der verschiedenen Klimazonen auf die erforderliche energietechnische Geb{\"a}udeausstattung sowie Potenziale f{\"u}r andere Anwendungskonzepte beschrieben.},
  language  = {de}
}
@incollection{Hirata2010,
  author    = {Hirata, Johannes},
  title     = {Gl{\"u}cksforschung: Stand der Dinge und Bedeutung f{\"u}r die {\"O}konomik},
  series = {ORDO Jahrbuch f{\"u}r die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft},
  volume    = {61},
  booktitle = {ORDO Jahrbuch f{\"u}r die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {De Gruyter Oldenbourg},
  issn      = {2366-0481},
  doi       = {10.1515/ordo-2010-0110},
  pages     = {127 -- 150},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Die moderne Gl{\"u}cksforschung ist {\"u}ber die vergangenen Jahre {\"u}beraus produktiv gewesen und hat zweifellos einige wertvolle Erkenntnisse zutage gef{\"o}rdert. Dieser Produktivit{\"a}t steht jedoch eine gewisse Orientierungslosigkeit und Heterogenit{\"a}t gegen{\"u}ber - als Beobachter weiß man gelegentlich nicht so recht, worin denn das {\"u}bergeordnete Ziel der betriebenen Forschung und die Bedeutung der jeweiligen Forschungsergebnisse bestehen. Ausgehend von einer Untersuchung der Voraussetzungen und Methoden der modernen Gl{\"u}cksforschung werden einige grundlegende Fragen und die m{\"o}gliche Bedeutung der Gl{\"u}cksforschung f{\"u}r die {\"O}konomik kritisch er{\"o}rtert.},
  language  = {de}
}