TY - JOUR
T1 - The Hayek-Friedman Hypothesis on the Press
T2 - Is there an Association between Economic Freedom and Press Freedom?
AU - Bjørnskov, Christian
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - The Hayek-Friedman hypothesis states that economic freedom is causally associated with stable democracy. I test a particular element of the hypothesis focusing on press freedom, which is arguably a necessary component of any democratic polity. Combining the Freedom House index of press freedom and the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom yields a large annual panel dataset between 1993 and 2011. Estimates show that improvements in economic freedom are associated with subsequent improvements of press freedom. The overall association is mainly driven by changes in market openness.
AB - The Hayek-Friedman hypothesis states that economic freedom is causally associated with stable democracy. I test a particular element of the hypothesis focusing on press freedom, which is arguably a necessary component of any democratic polity. Combining the Freedom House index of press freedom and the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom yields a large annual panel dataset between 1993 and 2011. Estimates show that improvements in economic freedom are associated with subsequent improvements of press freedom. The overall association is mainly driven by changes in market openness.
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U2 - 10.1017/S1744137417000364
DO - 10.1017/S1744137417000364
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1744-1374
VL - 14
SP - 617
EP - 638
JO - Journal of Institutional Economics
JF - Journal of Institutional Economics
IS - 4
ER -