In this article, we estimate the total costs of the German participation in the Afghanistan war, both past and future … the war. By calculating the costs of the German participation, we provide a framework for other researchers to do the same … participation in the war in Afghanistan, the German share of the net present value of the total costs of the war ranges from 26 …

economies. The framework developed predicts a negative relationship between the degree of direct democracy and the size of the … quantitatively important; the results are robust and also depend on the interaction of direct democracy with other political …

countries are more satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if (a) more environmental policies are in place and … with democracy and life satisfaction is not very clear, although we find evidence that citizens value personal mobility (in … ; environmental policy ; environmental quality ; satisfaction with democracy. …