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…
Robert A. Lawson is Professor of Economics and George H. Moor Chair in the School of Management at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. He…
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.
This article is a response to How to Handle Economic Freedom: Reply to Lawson by Jakob De Haan and Jan-Egbert Sturm (EJW, September 2006).
Response to this article by Jakob De Haan and Jan-Egbert Sturm: Handling Economic Freedom in Growth Regressions: A Reply to Cole and Lawson (EJW, January 2007).