Who gains from economic freedom? A panel analysis on decile income levels

Robert Lawson ^[1] ; James Dean ^[2]
1. [1] Southern Methodist University
  
  Southern Methodist University
  
  Estados Unidos
2. [2] West Virginia University
  
  West Virginia University
  
  Estados Unidos
Localización: Economics and Business Letters, ISSN-e 2254-4380, Vol. 10, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 102-106
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This paper revisits Saccone’s (2020) analysis of the impact of economic freedom on decile income shares for a panel of developed and developing nations during 1980-2014. Saccone found that higher levels of economic freedom corresponded with lower income shares for the bottom 8 deciles and higher shares only for the top 2 deciles. Instead of decile income shares, this paper focuses on the impact of economic freedom on decile income levels. We find that the income per capita for all 10 deciles increases as economic freedom increases.