This paper presents evidence on causal influence of happiness on social capital and trust using German Socio …-Economic Panel. Exploiting the unexplained cross-sectional variation in individual happiness (residuals) in 1984 to eliminate the … neighborhood, and extend more help to others. Residual happiness appears to be an indicator of optimism, and has an inverse U …

happiness and life satisfaction. Moreover, a significant relationship exists between the mediator (financial stress) and SWB … satisfaction with the government's role in fighting the pandemic. Regression analyses confirmed that least economic stress, good …

This paper analyzes if and how the design of telecommunications regulatory institutions has influenced the evolution of … development. Using measurements of network connectivity speeds and cross-country institutional differences this article presents … capacity around the world. We find that sector specific indicators of formal rules and institutional arrangements do not vary …