firm-specific bilateral connections. We find that institutions that enhance investor protection and reduce corruption …

This paper offers a meta-regression analysis of the literature on the drivers of financial development. Our results … development, while trade openness seems only important for stock market capitalization. Inflation has an adverse effect on … financial development, which is larger for stock market capitalization. Finally, we conclude that the literature has not yet …

the first attempt to test whether institutions matter differentially across different sectors in FDI decision. Using data …

We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for … vary in religiosity between secular and ultra-orthodox. We find a significant effect of religiosity on happiness. With … respect to Jewish families it is most striking that the impact of family size on both life and financial satisfaction seems to …

influential literature marks a promising development but has drawn criticism. We discuss two prominent examples that ground the … papers' contention that deeply rooted culture and social capital fueled the Nazi rise. The broader lesson is that research of …

In most research on Life Satisfaction (LS), it is assumed that the covariates of high and low LS are the same for …

taken to contain COVID-19 can have large effects on family well-being, with implications for child development and parental …