Constitutional foundations of economic freedom: A time-series cross-section analysis

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-346

  De Vanssay, Xavier ^a   Hildebrand, Vincent ^a   Spindler, Zane A ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Constitutions; Economic freedom; Good governance; Political institution; Principal agent

Indexed keywords

EID: 28144444892     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10602-005-4314-z     Document Type: Article

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