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Steady state economic freedom

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This note projects forward into the distant future the number of countries existing under regimes of different levels of economic liberalism by deriving a transition probability matrix from Economic Freedom of the World data. Naively extrapolating trends from 1970-2020 suggests a modest majority of 165 countries will be economically free in the long-run steady state, with results driven by improvements in variables associated with the freedom to trade internationally and especially the quality of the legal system and property rights.

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  • Ryan H Murphy, 2023. "Steady state economic freedom," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 12(2), pages 132-136.
    • Handle: RePEc:ove:journl:aid:18957
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