Economic freedom and equality: Friends or foes?

By Niclas Berggren. 2009

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Economic Freedom of the World: An Accounting of the Literature (2014, unknown): “Ironically, three of the eight negative articles (Bergh and Nilsson 2010; Carter 2007; Sturm, Leertouwer, and Haan 2002) appeared in journals Doucouliagos (2005) accused of being “biased” in favor of finding positive results.”
The institutions of economic freedom and entrepreneurship: evidence from panel data (2008, methodology): “In several empirical studies, the economic freedom index published by the Fraser Institute (Gwartney et al. 2006) has been used to relate the institutions of economic freedom to variables such as growth and income inequality (see e.g., Doucouliagos and Ulubasoglu 2006; Berggren 1999, 2003 ; C arter”
Income inequality and economic freedom in the U.S. states (2008, methodology): “Berggren (1999), for example, finds that higher levels of economic freedom are associated with greater income inequality, while Scully (2002) finds that higher levels of economic freedom are associated with lesser income inequality (although changes in freedom are found to work in the opposite…”
Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being (2013, unknown): “Regarding wealth, most studies examined in the review by Berggren (2003) found a significant positive effect of EF on GDP growth. The main reason cited is that sound institutional frameworks can encourage productive behavior and stimulate economic growth (North, 1990). There is in no clear relations”
An Empirical Note on Economic Freedom and Income Inequality (2007, methodology): “Putting aside questions of data and methodology, problems arise in Berggren’s (1999) interpretation of his regression results. In his central equation, Berggren (1999) regresses income inequality in 1985 on economic freedom in 1985, the change in economic freedom between 1975 and 1985, real per capi”
Market oriented institutions and policies and economic growth: A critical survey (2006, background): “Berggren and Jordahl (2005) go even further in the decomposition and identify factors within the categories that are the most important determinants of economic growth.”
The Benefits of Economic Freedom: A Survey (2003, background): “Berggren (1999) finds that the more economic freedom increased between 1975 and 1985, the higher that country’s degree of income equality around 1985.”