Purpose The primacy of institutions for economic progress has been established in the
literature. Yet, less research attention is paid to the existence and persistence of weak …

We examine the determinants of intra‐US population migration at the metropolitan area
level (MSA), with an emphasis on the presence of policies that are consistent with economic …

This paper constructs a composite indicator of well‐being for 168 European regions with
data from 10 well‐being domains. Regions are then ranked according to their respective …

Abstract The Great Recession led to a large decline in economic activity throughout the
entire United States with significant variation in its severity across regions. Our paper …

This paper is a revised, updated, and expanded version of the first economic freedom index
for local economies in the US (Stansel, 2013). It provides a more comprehensive measure of …

While it is now well established in the literature that countries with better policies and
institutions, as measured by the Economic Freedom of the World index, have better …

Economists distinguish between technological problems, in which variable means confront a
given end, and economic problems, in which given means are allocated across competing …

This paper investigates the relationship between economic freedom and income growth and
inequality across US states over the period 1979–2011. The focus is on market income at …

In this paper, we revisit the relationship between economic freedom and growth across 407
German districts (Kreise). We build six indicators of economic freedom and cluster them into …

There is a large literature estimating the effect of economic freedom on economic growth or
income levels. Most studies examine the relationship between economic freedom and …