Previous literature stresses the importance of free media for economic development. By its nature TV, radio, and newspapers cross borders allowing citizens to easily sample media from neighboring countries. This creates pressure for domestic reform and spreads media freedom between countries....

Using a panel of 138 countries over 1994-2005 we identify a channel through which a media free from government control promotes domestic investment. We hypothesize that a free media may enhance socio-political stability creating a favorable investment climate that attracts investment. A...

Using a panel of 138 countries over 1994-2005 we identify a channel through which a media free from government control promotes domestic investment. We hypothesize that as media becomes freer socio-political stability is enhanced due to the creation of a favorable business climate that attracts...

This paper empirically assesses the relationship between culture and a free press. The results reveal that a privatized or ‘free media' strongly influences informal institutions of a country or what is commonly known as culture. By providing unbiased and a wide variety information to the...

In our paper we establish foreign direct investment (FDI) as a major determinant of media freedom. Global integration can strengthen the media sector financially, make it technologically enhanced and can also improve the economic environment as a whole. This, in turn, would work towards the...

Previous literature has talked extensively about the relationship between a free (independent) press and corruption. A free press ameliorates corruption levels in a country by acting as a watchdog and making the government more transparent and accountable to the masses. Another strand of...