Ranking of Developing Countries Based on the Economic Freedom Index [PDF]
In this paper we’ve ranked developing countries based on the Economic Freedom index. Therefore we are trying to do the analysis how this ranking is done using numerical taxonomic methodology. To do this, by estimating the effects of the determinants of FDI in 123 developing countries from 1997 to 2010, results showed that with regard to the degree of ...
Zirak, Masoumeh, Mehrara, Mohsen
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Index of economic freedom. A look at the CAN countries.
Introducción Los países de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN) han sido vulnerados social y económicamente por la constelación de problemas políticos que han dejado una marca difícil de borrar para las sociedades de estos países. A nivel mundial la libertad económica es una de las cartas importantes que desde tiempos inmemoriales se ha manifestado ...
Bryan Alexander Flores +3 more
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THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES
The level of economic freedom which is expressed as institutions and policies based on market economy is one of the most significant indicators of entrepreneurial activities since the increase in economic freedom has caused a decrease in transaction ...
Gökhan Özkul
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Economic freedom and democracy: determinant factors in increasing macroeconomic stability [PDF]
The main goal of the article is to analyze the role and influence of economic freedom on macroeconomic stability. For this purpose, the authors used the integrated index of economic freedom, calculated by the Heritage Foundation and Democracy Index.
Yuri Yevdokimov +4 more
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Re-examination of price level differentials using economic freedom index [PDF]
Findings reported in this paper provide improved explanation as to what factors are correlated with price levels across a large sample of 152 countries. The results are obtained from using a new set of variables called economic freedom indices, covering 19 years.
Shaar, Karam +1 more
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Improving the measurement of economic freedom by replacing government size with government effectiveness [PDF]
The Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World index and the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom allow researchers to empirically test the hypothesis that greater economic freedom leads to higher economic growth.
Thomas R. Scholz
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Dimensionality reduction of the freedoms constituting The Index of Economic Freedom.
The Index of Economic Freedom, published by the Heritage Foundation, ranks countries according to their performance in terms of twelve economic freedoms. These twelve economic freedoms are in turn divided into four categories; rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency and open markets.
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The impact of economic-related freedoms on the national entrepreneurial activity
This article aims to analyze the explanatory power of the constituent components of the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom over the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute’s Global Entrepreneurship Index and its sub-indexes.
Juan M. Dempere, Alexandrina M. Pauceanu
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Informality, Inequality and ICT in Transition economies [PDF]
In this paper, we examine the role of the quality of institutional infrastructure and information and communication technology (ICT) in the relationship between the size of the informal sector (IS) and income inequality.
Bellman R. +8 more
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The impact of culture and economic freedom for corruption based on selected European countries
The aim of this study is relationship between the selected index of corruption and measures of economic freedom of the state. I analyzed the size of the correlation between selected indicators of economic freedom and index of corruption.
Anna Maria Pluskota
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