The European Union and Economic Freedom

Joshua Hall, Robert Lawson and Wogsland Rachael ()
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Wogsland Rachael: Beloit College

Global Economy Journal, 2011, vol. 11, issue 3, 16

Abstract: This paper integrates two growing strains of literature. The first strain looks at the effect of economic and political unions on outcomes such as bond ratings and economic convergence. The second strain looks at the determinants of economic freedom across countries. Building from these two literatures, we investigate the impact of joining the European Union on a country's economic freedom. Using a panel of countries from 1970 to 2007, we find evidence that joining the European Union increases a country's economic freedom. Empirically, however, the impact of joining the union on economic freedom is small.

Keywords: economic freedom; European Union; economic and political unions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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