Economic Freedom Of North America PDF Download

In addition, economic freedom at the subnational level has generally been found to be positively associated with a variety of measures of the per-capita size of the economy and the growth of the economy as well as various measures of entrepre- neurial activity. [...] The calculations for the index and the data sources for the scores are found in appendices A and B. Because of a lack of available data for the Mexican states, the all-government index extends back only to 2003. [...] Components added for the all-government index To reflect the recent divergence in economic freedom between Canada and the United States more closely, and to in1corporate more accurately the differences in economic freedom in the Mexican states relative to the rest of North America, we include a num- ber of variables from the world index in our all-government index of North American states and prov [...] For example, the category on the far left of the chart, "Least Free", represents the jurisdictions that score in the lowest fourth of the economic freedom ratings, the 23 lowest of the 92 Canadian, Mexican, and American jurisdictions. [...] For example, Easton and Walker (1997) found that changes in economic freedom have a significant impact on the steady-state level of income even after the level of technology, the level of education of the workforce, and the level of investment are taken into account.