Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129000 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
WIFO Working Papers No. 441
Publisher: 
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna
Abstract: 
Are people happier if they experience freedom from regulation, and how do individual attitudes towards liberalisation influence personal life satisfaction? Based on data from European and World Values Surveys and the Economic Freedom of the World project we find evidence for positive effects of low regulation and pro-market attitudes on life satisfaction. Paradoxically, people who are opposed to market oriented policies sometimes benefit most from deregulation.
Subjects: 
government
regulation
life satisfaction
attitudes
ideology
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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