A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic … performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and … inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association …

both political-economic institutions as well as the primarily political institution of democratic development. Using both … weakly positive relationship. Political economic institutions, however, remain positive and significant determinants of …

Many empirical studies are ambiguous about whether good formal institutions are conducive to subjective well-being or …

A long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic … performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and … inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association …

distinguishing between institutional veto players (political institutions) and partisan veto players (fractionalization among …

Political Economy of famines mainly focuses on political regimes to understand the role of institutions. In this paper …