A large literature has found positive associations between economic freedom and income,
growth, and a variety of other desirable outcomes. This paper surveys the literature that …

The absence of economic growth implies the continued existence of poverty and hardship.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF 2001) and others now perceive the prospects for …

Several recent empirical studies find a strong, positive impact of economic freedom on
economic growth. This finding is predicated upon the argument that increased economic …

The present study is an attempt to quantify relationships between economic development
and disaggregated factors that constitute elements of" economic freedom" in current …

It is often maintained that economic freedom underlies high levels of economic growth. This
paper compares various indicators for economic freedom. We conclude that, although these …

For some time there has been a debate about the effect of economic freedom on economic
growth and development (Beach and Davis 1999: 10; de Haan and Siermann 1998; de …

Using the measures of economic freedom developed by Karabegovic et al.(2003), we are
able to create a dataset spanning the period 1981 to 2004 in order to investigate the nature …

The Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index was first produced by Gwartney, Block,
and Lawson (Economic Freedom of the World: 1975–1995; 1996) and has been updated …

Each year the Fraser Institute and the Heritage Foundation (in conjunction with the Wall
Street Journal) publish indexes of economic freedom, while the Freedom House publishes …

The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the
policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones …