Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the correlation between the degree of economic freedom in state institutions and industry employment and then determine how these correlations relate to economic growth. Design/methodology/approach – The authors find the correlation between...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the appropriate level of data to use for the analysis of public policies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses national, regional and local levels of analysis and the benefits of using local data when available. Findings – A...

We use the model developed by Murphy, Shleifer and Vishny (1991) to examine the causal relationship between institutions as measured by economic freedom and industry employment, and then given the causality, examine how the amount of employment in these causal industries influences economic...