Publication
Do large governments decrease happiness?
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sequeira, Tiago Miguel Guterres Neves | |
| dc.contributor.author | Minas, Tiago Alexandre Silva | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-20T10:17:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-02-20T10:17:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-06 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | por |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/3080 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.subject | Gastos governamentais estruturais - Satisfação de vida | por |
| dc.subject | Défices fiscais - Felicidade | por |
| dc.subject | Life satisfaction | por |
| dc.subject | Government size | por |
| dc.title | Do large governments decrease happiness? | por |
| dc.title.alternative | Evidence from European Countries | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | masterThesis | por |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Economia | por |
| thesis.degree.level | Mestre | por |
| thesis.degree.name | Dissertação apresentada à Universidade da Beira Interior para a obtenção do grau de mestre em Economia | por |