Much political conflict in the world revolves around the issue of how much freedom to accord people. Liberal … of legally guaranteed freedom to lead their lives as they see fit. However, it is not known whether legal freedom … suffices to make people satisfied with freedom. Our study explores that issue by relating seven indicators of legal freedom to …

Academic freedom is a cornerstone of modern academic life. It is not only implied by basic liberal principles but also … scholarly pursuits are, and to that end, we ask whether economic freedom can help explain variation in academic freedom across … countries. In our case, relating the Economic Freedom of the World index and its five areas to V-Dem's index of academic freedom …

Much political conflict in the world revolves around the issue of how much freedom to accord people. Liberal … of legally guaranteed freedom to lead their lives as they see fit. However, it is not known whether legal freedom … suffices to make people satisfied with freedom. Our study explores that issue by relating seven indicators of legal freedom to …

Much political conflict in the world revolves around the issue of how much freedom to accord people. Liberal … of legally guaranteed freedom to lead their lives as they see fit. However, it is not known whether legal freedom … suffices to make people satisfied with freedom. Our study explores that issue by relating seven indicators of legal freedom to …

of economic freedom, and the risk and characteristics of economic crisis. After offering some brief theoretical … considerations, I estimate the effects of economic freedom on crisis risk in the post-Cold War period 1993-2010. I further estimate … period. Estimates suggest that economic freedom is robustly associated with smaller peak-to-trough ratios and shorter …

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 …

The association between freedom of expression - freedom of speech and the freedom of the media - and social conflict is … theoretically ambiguous and politically highly contested. On one side of the debate, people argue that freedom of speech and freedom …. On the other side of the political debate, the proponents of the freedom of expression argue that free speech and free …

of economic freedom, and the risk and characteristics of economic crisis. After offering some brief theoretical … considerations, I estimate the effects of economic freedom on crisis risk in the post-Cold War period 1993-2010. I further estimate … period. Estimates suggest that economic freedom is robustly associated with smaller peak-to-trough ratios and shorter …

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 …