Subjective Wellbeing Impacts of National and Subnational Fiscal Policies

We study the association between fiscal policy and subjective wellbeing using fiscal data on 34 countries across 129 country-years, combined with over 170,000 people’s subjective wellbeing scores. While past research has found that ‘distortionary taxes’ (e.g. income taxes) are associated with slow g...

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Main Authors: Arthur Grimes, Judd Ormsby, Anna Robinson, Siu Yuat Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ERSA 2016-05-01
Series:REGION
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Online Access:https://openjournals.wu-wien.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/121