Using the economic freedom index and the newly developed KOF-index of globalization, it is shown that the Scandinavian … and the so called liberal welfare states. The market economy and globalization hence do not pose threats to these welfare …

KOF globalization index, we argue that existing studies suffer from an omitted variable problem. Using Bayesian Averaging … by Fölster and Henrekson (2001), covering the period 1970-1995. We find clear evidence that globalization has a positive … idea that countries with big government can use institutional quality such as economic freedom and globalization to …

Using data from 114 countries (1983–2007), we examine the relationship between globalization and World Bank absolute … poverty estimates. We find a significant negative correlation between globalization and poverty, robust to several econometric … for globalization we also show that results are robust to correction for potential endogeneity. We motivate and test the …