Arbeitspapier

Economic Freedom and Economic Crisis

In this paper, I explore the politically contested association between the degree of capitalism, captured by measures of economic freedom, and the risk and characteristics of economic crisis. After offering some brief theoretical considerations, I estimate the effects of economic freedom on crisis risk in the post-Cold War period 1993-2010. I further estimate the effects on the duration, peak-to-trough GDP ratios and recovery times of 212 crises across 175 countries within this period. Estimates suggest that economic freedom is robustly associated with smaller peak-to-trough ratios and shorter recovery time. These effects are driven by regulatory components of the economic freedom index.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 1056

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Institutions and Growth
Capitalist Systems: Political Economy
Thema
Crisis
Economic freedom
Institutions

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bjørnskov, Christian
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
(wo)
Stockholm
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bjørnskov, Christian
  • Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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