2011•SSRN Electronic JournalOpen access

Economic Freedom and Happiness

Daniel M. Gropper, Robert A. Lawson, Jere Tuttle Thorne

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That liberty is necessary for greater happiness and a better life is a notion deeply rooted in the American sensibility. But is there a link between greater freedom and greater happiness across countries? In this article we explore this question by examining the empirical relationship between liberty, as measured by economic freedom, and happiness across more than 100 countries.

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Key concepts: Happiness, Economic freedom, Sensibility, Empirical research, Social psychology, Economics, Positive economics, Political science