Citizens in Eastern Europe are less satisfied with life than their peers in other countries. This happiness gap has … the early 1990s to 2014, we argue that the happiness gap is explained by how citizens in post-communist countries perceive … their governments. Eastern Europeans link their life satisfaction to higher perceived corruption and weaker government …

This paper aims to provide an in-depth introduction of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness (GNH) policy through a … the policy of GNH. Using an analytical lens, the paper will comparatively study two Bhutanese policies: the Anti-Corruption …

The economic consequences of corruption have been widely studied. A growing number of studies exists on the … relationship between corruption and subjective wellbeing. However, very few studies have examined how individual experiences of … corruption are correlated with subjective wellbeing. In this paper, we explore whether, and to what extent, paying a bribe …

indicators of regulatory policies and perceptions of corruption. (JEL D72, D73, I31, J30, J45) …

correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tame bureaucracy …