Author(s): JAKOB DE HAAN | JAN-EGBERT STURM
Journal: Econ journal watch
ISSN 1933-527X
Volume: 3;
Issue: 3;
Start page: 407;
Date: 2006;
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IN HIS COMMENT ON THE ECONOMIC FREEDOM SURVEY ARTICLE we wrote with Susanna Lundström (De Haan et al. 2006), Lawson (2006) criticizes five elements of our article: 1.Our use of the term “zealots” 2.Our remarks on the role of government in the construction of the economic freedom index 3.Our discussion of the composition of the economic freedom index 4.Our criticism of empirical growth models that include both the level and the change in economic freedom 5.Our endorsement of a modeling approach wherein researchers run many specifications In this reply, we briefly deal with each of these issues.
Journal: Econ journal watch
ISSN 1933-527X
Volume: 3;
Issue: 3;
Start page: 407;
Date: 2006;
VIEW PDF
DOWNLOAD PDF Original pageABSTRACT
IN HIS COMMENT ON THE ECONOMIC FREEDOM SURVEY ARTICLE we wrote with Susanna Lundström (De Haan et al. 2006), Lawson (2006) criticizes five elements of our article: 1.Our use of the term “zealots” 2.Our remarks on the role of government in the construction of the economic freedom index 3.Our discussion of the composition of the economic freedom index 4.Our criticism of empirical growth models that include both the level and the change in economic freedom 5.Our endorsement of a modeling approach wherein researchers run many specifications In this reply, we briefly deal with each of these issues.
