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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 …
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Are people happier if they experience freedom from regulation, and how do individual attitudes towards liberalisation influence personal life satisfaction? Based on data from European and World Values Surveys and the Economic Freedom of the World project we find evidence for positive effects of...
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basic idea is to encapsulate the economic representative power of a nation’s government in the international arena in as … sources is used. The index is composed of four variables: government revenues, foreign currency reserves, export of goods and …:[http://finmin.nic.in/WorkingPaper/Index%20of%20Government%20Economic%20Power.pdf]. …
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This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific … reduces the government's cost of implementing a policy and may also increase the set of feasible policies. Thus, state … capacity is greater when citizens trust their government. The paper discusses alternative approaches to modelling the origins …
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Does economic freedom increase the utility of an average citizen? Public choice theory in particular has emphasized the shortcomings of governments and voting processes, and the advantages of relying on markets and individual decision making. However, an increasing amount of people are refusing...
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Numerous papers have documented a positive association between height and good physical health and also with good economic outcomes such as earnings. A smaller number have argued for an association with well-being. In this paper, cross-country data from Europe is used to analyse whether...
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