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The bigger the better? Evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2005

This paper empirically analyzes the question whether government involvement in the economy is conducive or detrimental … neoclassical economic theory, which predicts that government plays an unambiguously positive role for individuals’ quality of life … regulation, thereby harming voters’ quality of life. Our results show that life satisfaction decreases with higher government …

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The bigger the better? Evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - CER-ETH Center of Economic Research, Department of … - 2005

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The bigger the better? Evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina - In: Public Choice 130 (2007) 3, pp. 267-292

This paper empirically analyzes whether government size is conducive or detrimental to life satisfaction in a cross … satisfaction decreases with higher government consumption. For low, middle income, and male people, this result is stronger when … the government is leftwing, while government consumption appears to be less harmful for women when the government is …

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Does membership in international organizations increase governments' credibility? : testing the effects of delegating powers

Dreher, Axel; Voigt, Stefan - 2008

This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have an important impact on investment and growth. It is...

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Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009

control variables and method of estimation. -- Terrorism ; decentralization ; federalism ; governance quality ; government …

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Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009

control variables and method of estimation. -- terrorism ; decentralization ; federalism ; governance quality ; government …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857142

Does membership on the UN security council influence IMF conditionality?

Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2010

We investigate whether elected members of the United Nations Security Council receive favorable treatment from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), analyzing panel data on the level of conditionality attached to (a maximum of) 314 IMF arrangements with 101 countries over the period of 1992 to...

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Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - In: International economic review 51 (2010) 4, pp. 981-1002

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Does membership in international organizations increase goverments' credibility? : testing the effects of delegating powers

Dreher, Axel; Voigt, Stefan - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 39 (2011) 3, pp. 326-348

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Does government ideology affect personal happiness? : a test

Dreher, Axel; Öhler, Hannes - In: Economics letters 111 (2011) 2, pp. 161-165

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