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Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations

Frey, Bruno S. - 2007

In the course of history a large number of politicians has been assassinated. A rational choice analysis is used to distinguish the expected marginal benefits of killing, and the marginal cost of attacking a politician. The comparative analysis of various equilibria helps us to gain insights...

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Overprotected Politicians

Frey, Bruno S. - 2007

This paper argues that politicians are overprotected. The costs of political assassination differ systematically depending on whether a private or a public point of view is taken. A politician attributes a very high (if not infinite) cost to his or her survival. The social cost of political...

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Political Economy of Statistics : Manipulating Data

Frey, Bruno S. - 2020

This paper focuses on the incentives by governments to manipulate statistics, not on techniques how to do so. I wish to contribute to explaining when, where and to what extent the governments tend to falsify official data. This issue is important for three reasons: (1) Manipulating statistics...

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Introducing Procedural Utility : Not Only What, But Also How Matters

Benz, Matthias; Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2003

People not only care about outcomes, they also value the procedures which lead to the outcomes. Procedural utility is a potentially important source of human well-being. This paper aims at introducing the concept of procedural utility into economics, and argues that it should be incorporated...

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The Rise and Fall of Public Choice

Frey, Bruno S.; Moser, Louis - 2021

Public Choice research and the growth of government show a marked paradox: While the importance of Public Choice has declined, the importance of the public sector has grown. This paper empirically presents the development of Public Choice over time using several different measurement approaches....

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Politicians : Be Killed or Survive

Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - 2021

In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...

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TV Channels, Self Control and Happiness

Benesch, Christine; Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel - 2006

In many countries, TV viewers have access to more and more TVchannels. We study whether people can cope with this and watch the amount of TVthey find optimal for themselves or whether they are prone to over-consumption. Wefind that heavy TV viewers do not benefit, but instead report lower life...

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TV Channels, Self Control and Happiness

Benesch, Christine; Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2006

In many countries, TV viewers have access to more and more TV channels. We study whether people can cope with this and watch the amount of TV they find optimal for themselves or whether they are prone to over-consumption. We find that heavy TV viewers do not benefit, but instead report lower...

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Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being

Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010

stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … of where the economic research on happiness stands and of three directions it might develop. First, it offers new ways … insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy. …

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Measuring Preferences by Subjective Well-Being

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 155 (1999) 4, pp. 755-778

between income classes are quite small and improvements in financial situation hardly raise happiness. Moreover, well …

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