Stutzer, Alois, Benjamin Jansen and Tobias Schib (2025). Democracy and Wellbeing. In: Marie Briguglio, Natalia Czap and Kate Laffan (eds.). Wellbeing and Policy: Evidence for Action. London: Routledge: 108-116. [ link ]

Schib, Tobias, Michael A. Strebel and Alois Stutzer (2025). Latent Political Engagement: Insights from New Measures for Local Democracy. WWZ Working Paper No. 2025/03. [ paper ] 

Liu, Kelly J. and Alois Stutzer (2025). Zero-Sum Beliefs, Political Views, and Life Satisfaction in a Rich Country. WWZ Working Paper No. 2025/02. [ paper ]

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2025). The Political Economics of Attention. In: Christian Björnskov and Richard Jong-A-Pin (eds). Forthcoming in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [ paper ]

Liu, Kelly J. and Alois Stutzer (2024). The Role of Social Mobility Experience in Zero-Sum Beliefs. IZA Discussion Paper No. 17407. [ link ]

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2024). The Political Economy of Attention and Electoral Accountability. WWZ Working Paper No. 2024/10. [ link | paper ]

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2024). Special Interest Groups versus Voters and the Political Economics of Attention. Economic Journal 134(662), 2290–2320 [ link | revised version ]

Jansen, Benjamin and Alois Stutzer (2024). Affective Partisan Polarization and Citizens’ Attitudes and Behavior in Swiss Democracy. WWZ Working Paper No. 2024/04. [ link | paper | updated version | post Defacto | faculty blog ]

Stutzer, Alois (2024). Public Policy and Happiness. In: Hilke Brockmann and Roger Fernandez-Urbano (eds.). (2024). Encyclopedia of Happiness, Quality of Life and Subjective Wellbeing. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing: 56–64. [ link ]

Kalbfuss, Jörg, Reto Odermatt and Alois Stutzer (2024). Medical Marijuana Laws and Mental Health in the United States. Health Economics, Policy and Law 19(3), 307–322. [ link ]

Auer, Daniel, Michaela Slotwinski, Achim Ahrens, Dominik Hangartner, Selina Kurer, Stefanie Kurt und Alois Stutzer (2024). Social Assistance and Refugee Crime. CESifo Working Paper No. 11051. Munich: CESifo. [ link ]

Balles, Patrick, Ulrich Matter and Alois Stutzer (2023). Television Market Size and Political Accountability in the US House of Representatives. European Journal of Political Economy 80, 102459. [ link ]

Slotwinski, Michaela, Alois Stutzer and Pieter Bevelander (2023). From participants to citizens? Democratic voting rights and naturalisation behaviour. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49(13), 3184-3204. [ link | UniNews | policy brief in Swedish ]

Slotwinski, Michaela and Alois Stutzer (2023). Women Leaving the Playpen: The Emancipating Role of Female Suffrage. Economic Journal 133(650), 812–844. [ link | blog post | UniNews ]

Stutzer, Alois, Thorsten Henne and Reto Odermatt (2023). Aspiration Theory. In: Filomena Maggino (ed.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham: 288-292. [ link ]

Hansen, Kerstin F. and Alois Stutzer (2022). Parental Unemployment, Social Insurance and Child Well-Being across Countries. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 204: 600-617. [ link ]

Schmid, Christian P. R., Nicolas Schreiner and Alois Stutzer (2022). Transfer Payment Systems and Financial Distress: Insights from Health Insurance Premium Subsidies. Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(5): 1829-1858. [ link | press coverage: Die Volkswirtschaft ]

Odermatt, Reto and Alois Stutzer (2022). Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction. Journal of Happiness Studies,  23(8): 3731-3763. [ link | UniNews | press coverage: HealthDay, SD | IZA summary | IZA Zf. ]

Zimmermann, Severin and Alois Stutzer (2022). The Consequences of Hosting Asylum Seekers for Citizens’ Policy Preferences. European Journal of Political Economy, 73: 102130 [ link | blog post ]

Odermatt, Reto, Nattavudh Powdthavee and Alois Stutzer (2021). Are Newly Self-Employed Overly Optimistic About Their Future Well-Being? Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 95: 101779 [ link | UniNews ]

Knechtl, Valentin and Alois Stutzer (2021). Swiss Municipal Data Merger Tool: Open-Source Software for the Compilation of Longitudinal Municipal-Level Data. Swiss Political Science Review, 27(4): 799-808 [ link ]

Meier, Armando N., Reto Odermatt and Alois Stutzer (2021). Tobacco Sales Prohibition and Teen Smoking. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 188: 998-1014.  [ link ]

Hansen, Kerstin F. and Alois Stutzer (2021). Experiencing Booms and Busts in the Welfare State and Support for Redistribution. IZA Discussion Paper No. 14327. Bonn: IZA. [ link | paper ]

Stutzer, Alois and Michaela Slotwinski (2021). Power Sharing at the Local Level: Evidence on Opting-In for Non-Citizen Voting Rights. Constitutional Political Economy, 32(1): 1-30.  [ link ]

Stutzer, Alois (2020). Happiness and Public Policy: A Procedural Perspective. Behavioural Public Policy, 4(2): 210-225. [ link | paper ]

Goette, Lorenz and Alois Stutzer (2020). Blood Donations and Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 170: 52-74. [ link | paper ]

Slotwinski, Michaela, Alois Stutzer and Roman Uhlig (2019). Are Asylum Seekers More Likely to Work With More Inclusive Labor Market Access Regulations? Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics. [ link ]

Meier, Armando N., Lukas Schmid and Alois Stutzer (2019). Rain, Emotions and Voting for the Status Quo. European Economic Review, 119: 434-451. [ link | paper | blog post ]

Stutzer, Alois, Michael Baltensperger and Armando N. Meier (2019). Overstrained Citizens? The Number of Ballot Propositions and the Quality of the Decision Process in Direct Democracy. European Journal of Political Economy, 59: 483-500. [ link | paper ]

Matter, Ulrich and Alois Stutzer (2019). Does Public Attention Reduce the Influence of Moneyed Interests? Policy Positions on SOPA/PIPA Before and After the Internet Blackout. Economic Inquiry, 57(4): 1879-1895. [ link | paper ]

Slotwinski, Michaela and Alois Stutzer (2019). The Deterrent Effect of an Anti-Minaret Vote on Foreigners' Location Choice. Journal of Population Economics, 32(3): 1043–1095. [ link | paper ]

Odermatt, Reto and Alois Stutzer (2019). (Mis-)Predicted Subjective Well-Being Following Life Events. Journal of the European Economic Association, 17(1): 245–283.  [ link | paper ]

Frey, Bruno S. and Alois Stutzer (2019). Public Choice and Happiness. In: Roger D. Congleton, Bernard Grofman and Stefan Voigt (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 779-795. [ link | paper ]

Braendle, Thomas and Alois Stutzer (2019). Voters and Representatives: How Should Representatives Be Selected? In: Roger D. Congleton, Bernard Grofman and Stefan Voigt (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Public Choice, Volume 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 24-43. [ link ]

Odermatt, Reto and Alois Stutzer (2018). Tobacco Control Policies and Smoking Behavior in Europe: More Than Trends? WWZ Working Paper No. 2018/24. [ link | paper ]

Odermatt, Reto and Alois Stutzer (2018). Subjective Well-Being and Public Policy. In: Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi and Louis Tay (eds.). Handbook of Well-Being. Noba Scholar Handbook Series: Subjective Well-being. Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers. DOI:nobasch [ link ]

Gorinas, Cédric, Michaela Slotwinski and Alois Stutzer (2017). Democratic Involvement and Immigrants’ Compliance with the Law. IZA Discussion Paper No. 10550. [ paper ]

Selection of Public Servants into Politics. Journal of Comparative Economics, 44: 696-719, 2016. (with Thomas Braendle) [ link | paper ]

Limited Self-Control, Obesity, and the Loss of Happiness. Health Economics, 25: 1409–1424, 2016. (with Armando N. Meier) [ link | paper ]

The Role of Party Politics in Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms. European Journal of Political Economy, 42: 17-35, 2016. (with Ulrich Matter) [ link ]

Smoking Bans, Cigarette Prices and Life Satisfaction. Journal of Health Economics, 44: 176-194, 2015. (with Reto Odermatt) [ link | paper | press coverage: Tagesanzeiger ]

The Role of Lawyer-Legislators in Shaping the Law: Evidence from Voting on Tort Reforms. Journal of Law and Economics, 58(2):357-384, 2015. (with Ulrich Matter)
[ link | paper | online appendix ]

pvsR: An Open Source Interface to Big Data on the American Political Sphere. PLOS ONE, 10(7): e0130501, 2015. (with Ulrich Matter) [ paper | BITSS blog entry ]

The Effects of Voting Costs on the Democratic Process and Public Finances. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7(1): 141-171, 2015. (with Roland Hodler and Simon Luechinger) [ link | paper | online appendix ]

Economic Approaches to Understanding Change in Happiness. In: Kennon M. Sheldon and Richard E. Lucas (eds.). Stability of Happiness. Amsterdam: Elsevier: 219-244, 2014. (with Nattavudh Powdthavee) (also published as IZA Discussion Paper No. 8131, IZA, Bonn, 2014). [ link ]

Economic Consequences of Mispredicting Utility. Journal of Happiness Studies, 15(4): 937-956, 2014. (with Bruno Frey) [ paper ]

Governance, Bureaucratic Rents and Well-Being Differentials Across U.S. States. Oxford Economic Papers,  66(2): 443-464, 2014. (with Simon Luechinger and Mark Schelker) [ paper | appendix ]

Is Camera Surveillance an Effective Measure of Counterterrorism? Defence and Peace Economics 24(1): 1-14, 2013. (with Michael Zehnder) [ link | paper ]

Political Selection of Public Servants and Parliamentary Oversight. Economics of Governance 14(1): 45-76, 2013. (with Thomas Brändle) [ link | paper ]

Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness: A Selective Overview. In: Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (eds.). Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2013. (with Bruno S. Frey) (also published as IZA Discussion Paper No. 7078, IZA, Bonn, 2013) [ paper ] 

Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness. Edited volume with Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2013. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ link ]

Economics and the Study of Individual Happiness. In:  Susan A. David, Ilona Boniwell and Amanda Conley Ayers (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Happiness. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 431-447, 2013. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ link ]

The Use of Happiness Research for Public Policy. Social Choice and Welfare 38(4): 659-674, 2012. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper ]

Suboptimal Choices and the Need for Experienced Individual Well-Being in Economic Analysis. International Journal of Happiness and Development 1(1): 63-85, 2012.  (with Christopher Hsee and Yuval Rottenstreich ) [ free download ]

Active Decisions and Prosocial Behaviour: A Field Experiment in Blood Donation. Economic Journal 121(556), 2011, pp. F476-F493. (with Lorenz Goette and Michael Zehnder) [ link ]

TV Channels, Self Control and Happiness. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 10(1): 2010, Article 86. (with Christine Benesch and Bruno S. Frey) [ link ]

The Life Satisfaction Approach to Environmental Valuation. Annual Review of Resource Economics 2, 2010, pp. 139-60. (with Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger) [ link ]

Public Servants in Parliament: Theory and Evidence on Its Determinants in Germany. Public Choice 145(1/2), 2010, 223-252. (with Thomas Brändle) [ link ]

Prosocial Motivation and Blood Donations: A Survey of the Empirical Literature. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy 37(3), 2010, pp.  149-154. (with Lorenz Goette and Beat Frey) [ link ]

Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being. Social Research 77(2), 2010, pp. 679-714. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper ] [ link journal ]

Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector. Journal of Human Resources 45(4), 2010, pp. 998-1045. (with Simon Lüchinger and Stephan Meier) [ paper ]

Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being. Journal of Population Economics 23(3), 2010, pp. 933-962. (with Rafael Lalive) [ paper ]

Self-Selection Models for Public and Private Sector Job Satisfaction. In: Solomon W. Polachek and Konstantinos Tatsiramos (eds.). Jobs, Training and Worker Well-Being. Research in Labor Economics, Volume 30. Bingley, UK: Emerald, 2010, pp. 233-251. (with Simon Luechinger and Rainer Winkelmann)

Ökonomische Überlegungen zur Kameraüberwachung als Maßnahme gegen den Terrorismus. DIW Quarterly Journals of Economic Research No. 4/2009, 2009, pp. 119-135. (with Michael Zehnder) [ paper | link ]

The Life Satisfaction Approach to Valuing Public Goods: The Case of Terrorism. Public Choice 138 (3-4), 2009, pp. 317-345. (with Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger) [ paper | link ]

Free Cholesterol Testing as a Motivation Device in Blood Donations: Evidence from Natural Field Experiments. Transfusion 49(3), 2009, pp. 524-531. (with Lorenz Goette, Gürcan Yavuzcan and Beat Frey) [ paper | link ]

Measuring Well-Being Across Europe: Description of the ESS Well-being Module and Preliminary Findings. Social Indicators Research 91(3), 2009, pp. 301315. (with Felicia A. Huppert, Nic Marks, Andrew Clark, Johannes Siegrist, Joar Vittersø and Morten Wahrendorf)  [ link ]

Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction. Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 24(2), 2008, pp. 476-488 (with Simon Luechinger and Stephan Meier). 
[ abstract | paper ]

Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 110(2), 2008, pp. 339-366 (with Bruno S. Frey) 
[ abstract | paper | blog Business Week | blog American Prospect ]

Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself? Economica, 75(1), 2008, pp. 39-59. (with Stephan Meier) [ abstract | paper ]

The Impact of Postal Voting on Participation, Evidence for Switzerland. Swiss Political Science Review 13(2), 2007, pp. 167-202. (with Simon Luechinger and Myra Rosinger) 
[ paper | abstract ]

Does Watching TV Make Us Happy? Journal of Economic Psychology, 28(3), 2007, pp. 283-313. (with Bruno S. Frey and Christine Benesch) [ paper | abstract ]  

Calculating Tragedy: Assessing the Costs of Terrorism. Journal of Economic Surveys 21(1), 2007, pp. 1-24. (with Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger) [ paper | abstract | link ]

Direct Democracy: Designing a Living Constitution. In: Roger Congleton and Birgitta 
Swedenborg (eds). Democratic Constitutional Design and Public Policy, Analysis and Evidence. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006, pp. 39-80. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper ]

Mispredicting Utility and the Political Process. In: Edward J. McCaffery and Joel Slemrod (eds). Behavioral Public Finance . Russell Sage Foundation, 2006, pp. 113-140. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper ]

Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married? Journal of Socio-Economics 35(2), 2006, pp. 326-347. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper ]

Making International Organizations More Democratic. Review of Law and Economics 1(3), 
2005, pp. 305-330. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper | link ]

Demokratische Beteiligung und Staatsausgaben: Die Auswirkungen des Frauenstimmrechts. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 141(4), 2005, pp. 617-650. (with Lukas Kienast) [ paper ]

Happiness Research: State and Prospects. Review of Social Economy 62(2), 2005, pp. 
207-228. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper ]

Beyond Outcomes: Measuring Procedural Utility. Oxford Economic Papers 57(1), 2005, 
pp. 90-111. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper ]

Reported Subjective Well-Being: A Challenge for Economic Theory and Economic Policy. 
Schmollers Jahrbuch 124(2), 2004, pp. 191-231. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper ]

The Role of Social Work Norms in Job Searching and Subjective Well-Being. Journal of the European Economic Association 2(4), 2004, pp. 696-719. 
(with Rafael Lalive) [ paper | link ] 

The Role of Income Aspirations in Individual Happiness. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 54(1), 2004, pp. 89-109. [ paper | abstract ]

Introducing Procedural Utility: Not Only What but also How Matters. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 160(3), 2004, pp. 377-401. (with Bruno S. Frey and Matthias Benz) [ paper ]

Do Workers Enjoy Procedural Utility. Applied Economics Quarterly 49(2), 2003, pp. 149-172. (with Matthias Benz) [ paper ]

Are Voters Better Informed When They Have a Larger Say in Politics? Evidence for the European Union and Switzerland. Public Choice 119(1-2), 2004, pp. 31-59. (with Matthias Benz) [ paper | link ]

Was erklärt die gestiegenen Managerlöhne? Ein Diskussionsbeitrag. Die Unternehmung, 57(1), 2003, pp. 5-19. (mit Matthias Benz) [ paper ]

What Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research? Journal of Economic Literature 40, 2002, pp. 402-435. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ paper | abstract ]

Soziale Arbeitsnorm und Arbeitslosigkeit in der Schweiz. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik 138(3), 2002, pp. 293-316. (with Rafael Lalive) [ paper ]

Skalenerträge in der öffentlichen Kernverwaltung. Eine empirische Analyse anhand von Gemeindefusionen. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 8(1), 2002, pp. 27-50. (with Simon Lüchinger) [ paper ]

Economics and Psychology: From Imperialistic to Inspired Economics. Revue de philosophie economique 4, 2001/2002, pp. 5-22. (with Bruno S. Frey)

Outcome, Process and Power in Direct Democracy. New Econometric Results. Public Choice 107(3-4), 2001, pp. 271-293. (with Bruno S. Frey and Marcel Kucher)

Latent Entrepreneurship Across Nations. European Economic Review 45(4-6), 2001, pp. 680-691. (with David G. Blanchflower and Andrew J. Oswald) [ abstract ]

Happiness, Economy and Institutions. Economic Journal 110 (466), 2000, pp. 918-938. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ abstract | comment in The Economist ]

Maximising Happiness? German Economic Review 1 (2), 2000, pp. 145-167. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ abstract ]

Auf dem Weg zum Freihandel für Agrargüter. Austrian Journal of Agricultural Research 51(4), 2000, pp. 283-290. [ abstract ]

Measuring Preferences by Subjective Well-Being. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 155 (4), 1999, pp. 755-778. (with Bruno S. Frey) [ abstract ]