Government ideology and economic freedom

This paper tests the widespread belief that right-wing governments tend to promote economic freedom while left-wing ones prefer more control over the economy. Using annual data for 106 countries over the period 1975-2015 and a two-step system GMM estimator, this study shows that right-wing governmen...

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Main Authors: Vitor Castro, Rodrigo Martins
Format: Default Article
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Economic Freedom
Government Ideology
Economic Deregulation
GMM estimation
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/12674072.v1
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