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Income and happiness across Europe: do reference values matter?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Georgellis, Yannis; … - 2007
Using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), we examine the link between income and subjective well-being. We find that, for the whole sample of nineteen European countries, although income is positively correlated with both happiness and life satisfaction, reference income exerts a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264249
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Income and Happiness Across Europe : Do Reference Values Matter?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Georgellis, Yannis; … - 2021
Using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), we examine the link between income and subjective well-being. We find that, for the whole sample of nineteen European countries, although income is positively correlated with both happiness and life satisfaction, reference income exerts a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316734
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Wage bargaining and political strength in the public sector
Falch, Torberg; Str?m, Bjarne - 2005
This paper analysis the link between political strength and public sector wages using a unique matched individual-employer data set for Norwegian local governments during the period 1990-1998. The results indicate that political strength, measured in several ways, has a positive effect on wages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261392
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One size fits all? : decentralization, corruption, and the monitoring of bureaucrats
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009
The majority of theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between decentralization and corruption argues … that the devolution of power might be a feasible instrument to keep corruption at bay. We argue that this result crucially …-country data, we analyze the relationship between decentralization and corruption taking different degrees of the freedom of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275803
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Corruption and the shadow economy : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276563
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Shadow economy, tax morale, governance and institutional quality: a panel analysis
Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2007
This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an international country panel and also within country data. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of shadow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276598
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The Effect of Public Corruption on COVID-19 Fatality Rate : A Cross-Country Examination
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021
This paper evaluates whether the level of public corruption influences COVID-19 case fatality rates. Using cross …-section data, including 64 countries and multiple regression techniques, we find that the level of corruption is positively and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239558
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Corruption and Economic Growth : New Empirical Evidence
Gründler, Klaus - 2019
The nexus between corruption and economic growth has been examined for a long time. Many empirical studies measured … corruption by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI) and ignored that the CPI was not … 2012-2018 and re-examine the nexus between corruption and economic growth. The cumulative long-run effect of corruption on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861457
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Using real-time data to test for political budget cycles
Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; de Haan, Jakob - 2012
We use real-time annual data on the fiscal balance, government current spending, current revenues and net capital outlays as published at a half yearly frequency in the OECD Economic Outlook for 25 OECD countries. For each fiscal year t we have a number of forecasts, a first release, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288232
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Lending Cycles and Real Outcomes : Costs of Political Misalignment
Bircan, Cagatay; Saka, Orkun - 2021
We document a strong political cycle in bank credit and industry outcomes in Turkey. In line with theories of tactical redistribution, state-owned banks systematically adjust their lending around local elections compared with private banks in the same province based on electoral competition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246909