Does Economic Freedom Foster Tolerance?

Kyklos

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-207

  Berggren, Niclas ^a,b   Nilsson, Therese ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; LEGAL SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; LIVING STANDARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 84876345785     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12017     Document Type: Article

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