Economic freedom–growth nexus in European Union countries

Andrzej Kacprzyk ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 23, issue 7, 494-497

Abstract: This study examines the economic freedom and economic growth nexus in a panel of 28 European Union countries. We investigate the relationship between growth and different components of economic freedom, measured in five major areas of the Economic Freedom of the World index. The aim of the article is to assess which aspects of economic freedom – and to what extent – contribute to economic growth in the EU. Our empirical analyses suggest that the results are sensitive to the method of estimation. Using the Generalized Method of Moments estimator which allows addressing endogeneity, we found a positive relationship between economic growth and four of the five aspects of economic freedom: security of property rights, quality of monetary policy, freedom to trade and regulatory policies.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1083076

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