This paper surveys recent evidence suggesting that market‐oriented institutions and policies
are strongly related to economic growth, focusing on studies using the economic freedom …

We investigate the impact of market‐supporting institutions on business strategies by
analyzing the entry strategies of foreign investors entering emerging economies. We apply …

Since Max Weber, there has been an active debate on the impact of religion on people's
economic attitudes. Much of the existing evidence, however, is based on cross-country …

The goal of the Center is to demonstrate the power of private institutions, both for-profit and
non-profit, to create a good society and to foster the understanding that free choice of a fully …

We study the importance of family ties on economic behavior. We define our measure of
family ties using individual responses from the World Value Survey (WVS) regarding the role …

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 …

Modern growth theory, built on the foundation of Solow [1956], emphasizes growth in inputs
and technological advances as the underlying causes of economic growth. More recent …

Since 1996, the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) reports have presented an index
that measures the consistency of a nation's policies and institutions with economic freedom …

In this paper we apply meta-analytic techniques to the literature on the impact of economic
freedom on economic growth and find an overall positive direct association between …

This study tests for convergence in financial development and economic growth by
incorporating the interaction between the real and financial sectors into an otherwise …