Political economy of happiness
نویسندگان
چکیده
This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae, and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material.
منابع مشابه
HAPPINESS , ECONOMY AND INSTITUTIONS Bruno S .
A cross-regional econometric analysis suggests that institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via initiatives and referenda) and of federal structure (local autonomy) systematically and sizeably raise self-reported individual well-being. This positive effect can be attributed to political outcomes closer to voters' preferences, as well as to the procedural utility of political part...
متن کاملOpen issues in happiness research
Happiness research is one of the most vivid and fruitful parts of modern economics. The focus is on empirical findings. In contrast, theoretical work has been rather neglected. The paper deals with three areas needing more analytical work: the choice or imposition of comparison or reference groups; and the extent, speed and symmetry of adaptation to positive and negative shocks on happiness. In...
متن کاملContract Enforcement: A Political Economy Model of Legal Development
This paper examines the development of legal contract enforcement in a political economy context. The key insight is that, in earlier times when relational contracts are used predominantly, the rich elite agents must have enjoyed comparative advantages in using relational contracts than the poor and thus would bene t less from investing in legal enforcement. The paper nds that high income ineq...
متن کاملCommentary on Session II - Migration, Trade, and Development: Proceedings of a conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, October 6, 2006
The field of political economy has long produced theoretically informed empirical research on the politics of international trade. For example, few books have enjoyed a better reputation than E. E. Schattschneider’s 1935 classic study of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff (Politics, Pressures, and the Tariff). Since that early date, trade politics has developed into a major subfield in political science. ...
متن کاملReview Essay: Increasing Happiness by Thinning the Herd
David Levy and Sandra Peart mean to revise the history of nineteenth-century British political economy. And more. In their latest, fascinating installment, The Vanity of the Philosopher, Peart and Levy argue that the transition from classical to post-classical economics is best understood as a sea change in the way political economists regarded human nature. What happened? Well, in the beginnin...
متن کاملEvaluation of urban management and political Scandinavian economy (case study: Sweden and Norway)
Study on international political economy of two countries, Sweden and Norway, in international interactions allows us to examine political economy of these two countries as the case study for further understanding of macro patterns of international political economy. Thus, understanding the power of influence of international developments in two economic and political areas in internal relatio...
متن کامل