Effects of the political configuration of local governments on subjective well-being
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Keywords
Good governance; subjective well-being; political competition; local government; Spain;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2025-02-03 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HAP-2025-02-03 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-POL-2025-02-03 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-URE-2025-02-03 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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