A cross-regional econometric analysis suggests that institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via … previously published for other countries are generally supported. Unemployment has a strongly depressing effect on happiness. A …

A cross-regional econometric analysis suggests that institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via … previously published for other countries are generally supported. Unemployment has a strongly depressing effect on happiness. A …

democracy (via initiatives and referenda) and of federal structure (local autonomy) systematically and sizeably raise self …-being functions previously published are supported. Unemployment among economic variables and bad health among demographic variables …

exploring theoretically and empirically how enlargement of multi-level systems like the EU affects satisfaction with democracy …

The purpose of the paper is to show that the nature of the relationship between governance and democracy varies … distinctive features of the other we find that governance and democracy are not just mutually reinforcing but even overlapping …, that only when we distinguish on theoretical ground governance from democracy we create the basis for analyzing their …