A comparison of aggregation methods for measures of economic freedom

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 953-966

  Heckelman, Jac C ^a   Stroup, Michael D ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Economic freedom; Economic growth; Principal components

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444458508     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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