This study investigates the impacts of higher quality public regulation of business, as well as greater economic freedom, on growth in the standard of living (as measured by increased per capita real GDP) in OECD nations over the 2003-2007 study period. Using a pooled time-series/cross section...

This study empirically investigates the impact on per capita real economic growth of each of the ten measures of economic freedom computed annually by the Heritage Foundation. Within the context of the Random Effects Model, panel least squares estimations using a 5-year panel (2004 through 2008)...

The Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) annual reports have presented an economic freedom index for a large set of nations around the world. This index is designed to measure the degree to which a nation’s policies and institutions protect its citizens’ economic freedom. In this article, we...

The latest edition of this annual report, published in association with the Institute of Economic AffairsEconomic Freedom of the WorldThe index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom....

The latest edition of this annual report, published in association with the Institute of Economic AffairsEconomic Freedom of the WorldThe index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom....

Executive Summary:Economic Freedom of the WorldThe index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, free- dom...