logic the social value of freedom. This is best exemplified in his demonstration of the virtues of free trade. Bastiat …

sought to reflect on freedom, individualism and progress, and often paid dearly for any utopian misinterpretations in this …

the linkages between economic freedom and entrepreneurial activities. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design …/methodology/approach Using a panel data setting, this paper investigates the effects of economic freedom, especially regulation, on … between economic freedom index and entrepreneurial intention.  …

measure government policy, the authors use the Economic Freedom of North America (EFNA) index published by the Fraser …. Originality/value – The contribution to the literature is the examination of the effect of the components economic freedom on net …

institutions and policies (measured by World Governance Indicators and by the Economic Freedom of the World index), productive …

Purpose While many studies find a positive relationship between economic freedom and entrepreneurship, very few of … these studies account for possible spatial autocorrelation. Moreover, the development of an overall freedom measure has … allowed researchers to test the relationship between overall freedom (personal plus economic) and entrepreneurship. The …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the impact of economic freedom on entrepreneurial activity in the … service sector. Specifically, the paper examines how economic freedom at the state level affects employment among North … fixed effects model to predict the effect of economic freedom on employment in each of the NAICS six-digit service …

This paper is an attempt to understand how Amartya Sen's thinking on development and freedom has evolved from his …. Sen's contribution to the human development approach with its emphasis on positive freedom has also helped to provide a …