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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 …
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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 …
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fairness and ideology, respectively. We also analyse the relation between the respective attitudes towards an increase in the …
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Are preferences for reforms driven by individuals' own endowments or beliefs? To address this question, we conducted a cross-country survey on people's opinions on employment protection legislation-an area where reform has proven to be difficult and personal interests are at stake. We find that...
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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 …
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, in turn, new populist parties that offer more polarized platforms. I investigate whether government ideology influences … evaluating how government/party ideology influences individual policies, previous econometric studies ignored initiatives in … ideology-induced policies implemented by established parties. Dragnet- controls confine citizens’ liberties, but may help to …
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