Government spending and happiness of the population: Additional evidence from large cross-country samples

Public Choice

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 483-490

  Ram, Rati ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Government spending; Happiness; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849093131     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9372-0     Document Type: Article

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