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Natural hazard risk and life satisfaction : empirical evidence for U.S. hurricanes
Berlemann, Michael; Eurich, Marina - 2020
The ongoing process of climate change goes along with an increase in the frequency and severity of various sorts of natural disasters. While the existing literature has almost exclusively focused on studying the direct effects resulting from different types of disasters, the effect of changing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012436249
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Decentralization, subjective well-being and the perception of institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2012
This paper analyses whether the different powers and resources at the disposal of local and regional governments across Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses microdata from the four available waves of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011513958
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Democracy and institutional quality : theory and evidence
Krieger, Tommy - 2019
We present a simple model that illustrates how democracy may improve the quality of economic institutions. The model further suggests that institutional quality varies more across autocracies than across democracy and that the positive effect of democracy on institutional quality is increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236426
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The effect of local corruption on ownership strategy in cross border mergers and acquisitions
Di Guardo, Maria Chiara; Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2015
This paper focuses on how corruption affects an important internationalization behavior of firms: the extent of control … most relevant, due to its broad effect on the economy, is corruption. Corruption can be thought of as anything that … specifically in the realm of M&A (see Weitzel and Berns, 2006). Although the level of corruption of the host countries is expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484494
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A decomposition of multidimensional economic well-being : an application to Spanish regions
Díaz Caro, Carlos; Pérez Mayo, Jesús - 2015 - (Early draft version)
The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475830
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The value of public service broadcasting in Japan : the life satisfaction approach
Okuyama, Naoko - 2017
Evaluation of amenities and benefits of public service broadcasting is crucially important with the accelerated convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications and the increasing heterogeneities of media use by individuals. With the use of the microdata provided from a survey carried out by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011750480
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Do people choose what makes them happy and how do they decide at all? : a theoretical inquiry
Scheuer, Niklas - 2020
We develop a theoretical model that jointly explains optimal choices and happiness. We work with constant elasticity of substitution functions for utility and happiness. Employing a choice framework, individuals are confronted with two options. When there exists a trade-off, we determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422914
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Comparative analysis of the level of satisfaction with the financial situation in Romania and EU countries
Necula, Diana Maria - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : trends and …, (pp. 224-233). 2023
The paper analyzes the satisfaction regarding the financial situation in Romania compared to the rest of the member countries of the European Union. The work analyzed indicators that express the material well-being of a society such as: GDP and Median Income, but also satisfaction regarding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547076
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Fighting political corruption : evidence from Brazil
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico S. - In: Institutions, governance and the control of corruption, (pp. 253-284). 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848935
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Introduction : [institutions, governance and the control of corruption]
Basu, Kaushik; Cordella, Tito - In: Institutions, governance and the control of corruption, (pp. 1-13). 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848954