We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …

We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …

We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …

satisfaction for twelve European countries we test for the impact of hosting and of national athletic success on happiness. Our … data covers three different major events: the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. We find … national athletic success on happiness, while correctly signed, is statistically insignificant …

of others undercuts the tendency for happiness to grow with an increase in one's own income, and happiness remains fairly …, and the greater the shortfall, the less one's happiness. There is thus an asymmetry in the psychological roots of income … evaluations when income is rising vs. falling , and this causes a corresponding asymmetry in the response of happiness to the …

In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …