liberty in the sense that basic human rights like freedom of speech, freedom to express one's religious beliefs, and freedom … approach by taking a welfarist view of the USA's espoused policy of promoting liberty in other parts of the world. However, we … to form associations improve welfare. In this case, liberty is directly consumed. We argue that this improvement in …

, multinational enterprises rather appear to be attracted by countries in which civil and political freedom is respected. Our finding …

more lenient and child labor thus more prevalent than in countries enjoying political freedom. We test this implication and …

This paper explores the dynamics of press freedom around events that threaten or oust the incumbent regime of a country …. While democracies on average grant the press more freedom, our theoretical starting point is that democracies and … government. We estimate the dynamics of press freedom around both failed and successful coups and find that although press …