On decentralization and life satisfaction

被引：60

作者：

Bjornskov, Christian ^{[4
]}

Drehe, Axel ^{[2
,3
]}

Fischer, Justina An. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stockholm Sch Econ, Dept Econ, SE-11383 Stockholm, Sweden

[2] Stanford Univ, Hoover Inst, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[3] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, KOF Swiss Econ Inst & CESifo, Zurich, Switzerland

[4] Aarhus Sch Business, Dept Econ, Aarhus, Denmark

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 99卷 / 01期

关键词：

decentralization; federalism; life satisfaction; happiness; public goods;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2007.06.016

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We empirically analyze the impact of fiscal and political decentralization on subjective well-being in a cross-section of 60,000 individuals from 66 countries. More spending or revenue decentralization raises well-being while greater local autonomy is beneficial only via government consumption spending. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：147 / 151

页数：5

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