Economic Freedom

Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2011 Annual Report

— Oct 19, 2011

This is the eighth report on economic freedom in the Arab world. The first was published in the Arab World Competitiveness Report 2005 (Lopez-Claros and Schwab, 2005). The second and subsequent editions were published by the International Research Foundation (IRF) of Oman and the Fraser Institute. In 2008, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, Cairo office, also became a co-publisher.

Economic Freedom of the World: 2011 Annual Report

— Sep 20, 2011

Fraser Forum - November/December 2010: Economic Freedom

— Dec 15, 2010

Fraser Forum is a monthly review of public policy in Canada, with articles covering taxation, education, health care policy, and a wide range of other topics. Forum writers are economists, Institute research analysts, and selected authors, including those from other public policy think tanks.

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Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2010 Annual Report

— Nov 1, 2010

This is the seventh report on economic freedom in the Arab world. The first was published by the same authors in the Arab World Competitiveness Report 2005 (Lopez-Claros and Schwab, 2005). The second and subsequent editions were published by the International Research Foundation (IRF) of Oman and the Fraser Institute. In 2008, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, Cairo office, also became a co-publisher.

Economic Freedom of the World: 2010 Annual Report

— Sep 20, 2010

The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and security of privately owned property. Forty-two data points are used to construct a summary index and to measure the degree of economic freedom in five broad areas: (1) size of government: expenditures, taxes, and enterprises; (2) legal structure and security of property rights; (3) access to sound money; (4) freedom to trade internationally; and (5) regulation of credit, labor and business.

Economic Freedom of North America: 2010 Annual Report

— Aug 24, 2010

The index published in Economic Freedom of North America rates economic freedom on a 10-point scale at two levels, the subnational and the all-government. At the all-government level, the index captures the impact of restrictions on economic freedom by all levels of government (federal, state/provincial, and municipal/local). At the subnational level, it captures the impact of restrictions by state or provincial and local governments.

Development in U.S. States, Economic Freedom, and the "Resource Curse"

— Dec 17, 2009

This paper uses the index published in Economic Freedom of North America (Karabegović and McMahon, 2008) to examine the impact of the relationship between resource dependence and institutional quality on economic development in US states. Studies have shown that resources can indeed crowd out such factors as investment, education, and the economy's efforts at industrialization, a situation now known as Dutch Disease, named after the experience of the Netherlands when the discovery of natural-gas fields led to a decline of the manufacturing sector.

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