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Do ?labour? councils lower economic freedom?
Using a panel of the UK counties, spanning the period 2010-2016, this study explores whether having a Labour or Conservative council affects a county?s economic freedom. Due to data unavailability of any economic freedom index for the UK counties, the analysis employed direct measures in relevance to three sub-components of economic freedom, i.e. size of government, sound money and the freedom to trade internationally. Using a regression discontinuity approach, we find strong evidence that the political ideology of a council affects all three sub-components of economic freedom. An implication of this result is that councils appeal to specific groups of voters when making policy..
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| Call Number | Location | Available |
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| PSB lt.2 - Karya Akhir | 1 |
| Penerbit | : Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking 2018 |
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| Edisi | - |
| Subjek | Economic freedom Political councils Regression discontinuity approach UK countries |
| ISBN/ISSN | - |
| Klasifikasi | - |
| Deskripsi Fisik | - |
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