...Rafael Acevedo; Jose Mora; Maria Lorca Susino Purpose This paper aims to study monetary policy effectiveness conditional on economic freedom across countries. Design/methodology/approach We analyze a panel of 167 countries from 2001 to 2022 using instrumental variable techniques within...

...Kamal Upadhyaya; Bruno Barreto de Góes Purpose This paper aims to study the impact of economic freedom and some key macroeconomic variables on the foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach An econometric model is developed that includes FDI inflow...

... are conditional on the extent of openness, capital mobility and economic freedom. Based on the results, the latter is important: the less economically free a country, the larger its spending multiplier. Lower economic freedom in Latin American countries can help to account for their large spending multipliers...

... is employed to determine whether various measures of economic freedom contribute to state bond ratings. Findings After controlling for common factors such as state per‐capita income, unemployment, the ratio of tax revenue to income, state debt as a percentage of government revenue, and public corruption...