Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

Handling Economic Freedom in Growth Regressions: Suggestions for Clarification

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*Julio H. Cole* is Professor of Economics at Universidad Francisco Marroquín, in Guatemala, and editor of the journal _Laissez-Faire_. He earned both his undergraduate degree (_licenciatura_) and his Ph.D. in economics from Universidad Francisco Marroquín
*Robert A. Lawson* is Professor of Economics and George H. Moor Chair in the School of Management at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. He earned his B.S. in economics from the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in econom

Abstract

A RECENT EXCHANGE BETWEEN LAWSON (2006) AND DE HAAN and Sturm (2006) highlights an important methodological issue in empirical studies of the connection between economic freedom (EF) and economic growth.