Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between the Index of Economic Freedom, equity … market performance and its volatility. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines whether the level of economic freedom … stock returns bear little relationship with economic freedom. On the other hand, economic freedom is associated with lower …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between the Index of Economic Freedom, equity … market performance and its volatility. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines whether the level of economic freedom … stock returns bear little relationship with economic freedom. On the other hand, economic freedom is associated with lower …

-century liberalism: market and civil society, public opinion and rights of freedom. …: Mosca, Ruffini and Einaudi were variously identified as "Masters of Freedom", particularly in light of their strong defense … of freedom during the consolidation of the fascist regime. In this article I aim to reconstruct the idea of freedom that …