Are people happier if they experience freedom from regulation, and how do individual attitudes towards liberalisation … project we find evidence for positive effects of low regulation and pro-market attitudes on life satisfaction. Paradoxically …

ideology that underpins the nation's government. The nature and impact of ideology and hegemony in China has been under …-studied and, therefore, investigating how the ideology, and competing forces that may mitigate its influence, manifest themselves …

Has Latin America's left turn mattered in media politics? Does ideology impact governments' practices and policies …-communication practices, and of media regulation policies on the part of the recent leftist governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile … governments in Latin America. In sum, the paper challenges the prevailing neglect of ideology as a relevant factor in explaining …

We review the survey and experimental findings in the literature on attitudes to income inequality. We interpret the … attitudes towards the income distribution in a society: the normative and the comparative view. The first can be thought of as …-interest, as individual's inequality attitudes depend not only on how much income they receive but also on how much they receive …

regulation, thereby harming voters’ quality of life. Our results show that life satisfaction decreases with higher government …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 …

telecommunications industry of OECD countries during the 1990's. We analyze the role of political institutions, government's types and …

stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, a robust rule of law, the ease of starting a new business, and the ease …

are discussed, as well as the the ongoing debate around the question whether the strong government involvement should be …

This note contextualizes the ongoing U.S. policy shift toward greater ‘regulation’ of large corporations. Cory Doctorow …