There has been much study of the consequences of economic freedom but, outside of the role of political institutions …, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic … freedom. Our cross-sectional dataset includes 137 countries averaged over the period 2001-2010. Simple correlations show that …

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 …