We address empirically trust as a determinant of support for government intervention. The central notion provided in the present paper is that the influence of generalized social trust on intervention attitudes is conditional on the perceived reliability, honesty, and incorruptibility of state...

Which impact does government size have on life satisfaction, and how do effects of bigger government differ between income groups in society? Previous studies typically employed country averages and thus neglect possibly heterogeneous happiness effects between income groups. The paper addresses...

This paper addresses empirically determinants of individual support for the Welfare State. We examine the interrelation of informal institutions with the perceived quality of a country's institutional framework. As a proxy for informal institutions, we concentrate on three core beliefs (trust in...

Nach dem neuerlichen Abschwung 2014 expandiert die heimische Wirtschaft mittelfristig sehr mäßig (2015/2019 +1,3% p. a.). Insbesondere wachsen der Konsum und die Investitionen verhalten; der Außenbeitrag zum Wirtschaftswachstum entwickelt sich schwach. Die leichte Expansion ermöglicht zwar...