کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5067810 | 1476880 | 2016 | 13 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- I explore the association between economic freedom, and the crisis risk and characteristics.
- The sample covers 212 crises in the post-Cold War period 1993-2010.
- Results suggest that crisis risk and duration are not affected by economic freedom.
- Peak-to-trough GDP ratios and recovery times of crises are strongly associated with economic freedom.
- The regulatory components of economic freedom drive the results.
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 crises. 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.
Journal: European Journal of Political Economy - Volume 45, Supplement, December 2016, Pages 11-23