Do large governments decrease happiness?

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Autor(a) principal: Minas, Tiago Alexandre Silva
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/3080
Resumo: There is little evidence of the influence of large governments in happiness and when it exists, it is positive. We show that structural government expenditures and other measures of government imbalances significantly decrease happiness and life satisfaction in European countries. This evidence should lead European politicians to decrease government expenditures and deficits in order to improve satisfaction of their electors and eventually to win elections. This result is consistent with people valuing (negatively) expectations for future tax increases, macroeconomic instability and austerity.
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spelling Do large governments decrease happiness?Evidence from European CountriesGastos governamentais estruturais - Satisfação de vidaDéfices fiscais - FelicidadeLife satisfactionGovernment sizeThere is little evidence of the influence of large governments in happiness and when it exists, it is positive. We show that structural government expenditures and other measures of government imbalances significantly decrease happiness and life satisfaction in European countries. This evidence should lead European politicians to decrease government expenditures and deficits in order to improve satisfaction of their electors and eventually to win elections. This result is consistent with people valuing (negatively) expectations for future tax increases, macroeconomic instability and austerity.There is little evidence of the influence of large governments in happiness and when it exists, it is positive. We show that structural government expenditures and other measures of government imbalances significantly decrease happiness and life satisfaction in European countries. This evidence should lead European politicians to decrease government expenditures and deficits in order to improve satisfaction of their electors and eventually to win elections. This result is consistent with people valuing (negatively) expectations for future tax increases, macroeconomic instability and austerity.Sequeira, Tiago Miguel Guterres NevesuBibliorumMinas, Tiago Alexandre Silva2015-02-20T10:17:19Z2013-0620132013-06-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/3080enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T09:39:21Zoai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/3080Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:44:36.230740Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Do large governments decrease happiness?
Evidence from European Countries
title Do large governments decrease happiness?
spellingShingle Do large governments decrease happiness?
Minas, Tiago Alexandre Silva
Gastos governamentais estruturais - Satisfação de vida
Défices fiscais - Felicidade
Life satisfaction
Government size
title_short Do large governments decrease happiness?
title_full Do large governments decrease happiness?
title_fullStr Do large governments decrease happiness?
title_full_unstemmed Do large governments decrease happiness?
title_sort Do large governments decrease happiness?
author Minas, Tiago Alexandre Silva
author_facet Minas, Tiago Alexandre Silva
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sequeira, Tiago Miguel Guterres Neves
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Minas, Tiago Alexandre Silva
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gastos governamentais estruturais - Satisfação de vida
Défices fiscais - Felicidade
Life satisfaction
Government size
topic Gastos governamentais estruturais - Satisfação de vida
Défices fiscais - Felicidade
Life satisfaction
Government size
description There is little evidence of the influence of large governments in happiness and when it exists, it is positive. We show that structural government expenditures and other measures of government imbalances significantly decrease happiness and life satisfaction in European countries. This evidence should lead European politicians to decrease government expenditures and deficits in order to improve satisfaction of their electors and eventually to win elections. This result is consistent with people valuing (negatively) expectations for future tax increases, macroeconomic instability and austerity.
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