Government is an important institution in every society, but public trust in government has been declining worldwide …. Like social trust, institutional trust in government manifests in two forms—goodwill-based (based on intentions and … competence-based, institutional trust in government. Intercultural experience was negatively related to goodwill …

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

This paper empirically analyzes whether government size is conducive or detrimental to life satisfaction in a cross … satisfaction decreases with higher government consumption. For low, middle income, and male people, this result is stronger when … the government is leftwing, while government consumption appears to be less harmful for women when the government is …

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

This chapter uses happiness data to assess the quality of government. Our happiness data are drawn from the Gallup … generally over 1,500 national-level observations, we show that government delivery quality is significantly correlated with … national happiness, but democratic quality is not. We also analyze other quality of government indicators. Confidence in …