institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social …Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … trust. The results suggest that individual trust suffers in countries with high corruption, low trust and low legal quality …

important to look at minority-specific effects of policies and institutions and not solely at the effects for the average … citizen, as well as the transmission mechanisms through which policies and institutions affect life satisfaction. We find that … legal rights for gay men, GDP per capita, democracy and economic globalization tend to benefit gays, primarily by shaping …

particular, political institutions. We find that moving to electoral democracy is positive, as is moving to electoral autocracy …

freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian tendencies rule, suggest that electoral democracy may not be the … provide a firmer foundation. We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal …

We ask whether, as many seem to think, corruption worsens, and judicial accountability improves, inequality, and … investigate this empirically using data from 145 countries 1960.2014. We relate perceived corruption and de facto judicial … accountability to gross-income inequality and consumption inequality. The study shows that corruption is negatively, and that …

. Overall, the findings suggest that initial conditions and economic and political institutions matter for the structure and …