Inequality is a pressing concern, acknowledged by scholars, leaders, and organizations
globally. Former US President Obama referred to rising inequality as 'the defining challenge …

Previous literature offers conflicting findings on how the restrictiveness of the regulatory
environment—the amount of rules that prohibit specific activities—affects innovation of firms …

The purpose of the paper is to study the state regulation of incomes of the population under
the conditions of stabilization of socio-economic. The main objective of the study is to …

Economic freedom is robustly associated with income growth, but does this association
extend to the poorest in a society? In this paper, we employ Canada's longitudinal cohorts of …

Economic freedom is generally associated with higher average income levels, but does it
benefit the very poor as well? Does it help them to escape their disadvantaged position …

How much regulation exists? Can short-and long-term growth trends in regulation be
identified? Which agencies produce the most regulation? Are some sectors of the economy …

We estimate the impact of federal regulations on poverty rates in the 50 US states using the
recently created Federal Regulation and State Enterprise (FRASE) index, which is an …

Income inequality in the United States has risen over the past several decades. Over the
same period, federal regulatory restrictions have increased. An emerging literature shows …

Regulation of the banking and finance industry may lead to a more equal distribution of
income if regulators pursue goals in the public interest. Alternatively, the economic theory of …

Purpose Cross-country studies have shown that higher costs to starting a business tend to
reduce entrepreneurship (Chambers and Munemo, 2019) and that an unfavorable …