Does solar activity affect human happiness?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F18%3A10367883" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/18:10367883 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2017.10.031" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2017.10.031</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2017.10.031" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.physa.2017.10.031</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does solar activity affect human happiness?

Original language description

We investigate the direct influence of solar activity (represented by sunspot numbers) on human happiness (represented by the Twitter-based Happiness Index). We construct four models controlling for various statistical and dynamic effects of the analyzed series. The final model gives promising results. First, there is a statistically significant negative influence of solar activity on happiness which holds even after controlling for the other factors. Second, the final model, which is still rather simple, explains around 75% of variance of the Happiness Index. Third, our control variables contribute significantly as well: happiness is higher in no sunspots days, happiness is strongly persistent, there are strong intra-week cycles and happiness peaks during holidays. Our results strongly contribute to the topical literature and they provide evidence of unique utility of the online data. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50201 - Economic Theory

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA16-00027S" target="_blank" >GA16-00027S: Beyond Green Paradoxes: Microeconomic, Econometric and Meta-Analysis Framework for Investigation of Unintended Effects of Climate and Energy Policies</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

ISSN

0378-4371

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

493

Issue of the periodical within the volume

March

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

47-53

UT code for WoS article

000423892800004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85033398320