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 …

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 …

theoretically ambiguous. This paper therefore explores this association by estimating the effect of degrees of freedom of expression … association between freedom of expression and terrorism. We explore this association empirically in a large panel of 162 countries … observed between 1970 and 2016. Distinguishing between media freedom and discussion freedom, and separating democracies 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 …

There is scant systematic empirical evidence on what explains variation in academic freedom. Making use of a new … indicator and panel data covering 64 countries 1960-2017, we investigate how de facto academic freedom is affected by, in …. Legislatures that are bicameral are associated with more academic freedom, while legislatures that become more diverse and more …

facto academic freedom as an explanatory variable. The main idea is that such freedom allows for the development of new … academic freedom and both labor and total-factor productivity growth. However, this effect only appears as long as the quality …