"Using a panel of 91 countries, this paper econometrically analyzes how different economic freedoms affect employment and unemployment. There are four main findings. Firstly, a small government sector and a legal system characterized by an independent judiciary, impartial courts and an effective...

Die Bedingungen, welche die Dominanz der Friede oder des Kriegs über das individuelle und gemeinschaftliche Leben bestimmen, sind nicht nur die Politischen, Ideologischen, Wirtschaftlichen und Militärischen. Das ist nicht nur die Frage des Militärischen, Ökonomischen und Politischen, auch...

Philipp Batthyány gives a definition of Hayek's concept of coercion and the reasons for the reprehensibleness of coercion as a basic evil in society. Including substantial parts of Hayek's unpublished works, he analyzes Hayek's complete works with regard to the conception of freedom and...

The aim of this paper is to determine which country-specific characteristics promote and which impede the adoption of institutions. On the basis of a broad panel of 183 countries for the period between 1996 and 2010, we test whether there are tendencies towards a general improvement and towards...