fraser: Fraser Economic Freedom of the World

Description Usage Format Details Source References Examples

Description

The components of the Fraser index of Economic Freedom.

Usage

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Format

An object of class spec_tbl_df (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 3498 rows and 61 columns.

Details

The following variables are the five aggregated subcomponents: Size_of_Government, Property_Rights, Sound_Money, Trade, Regulation.

The variables range from 0 to 10, with 10 describing highest economic freedom. E.g. if Size_of_Government is closer to 10 it means the government involvement in the economy is smaller; if Regulation is closer to 10 it means there are fewer regulations.

Source

Fraser

References

Gwartney, James D., Robert Lawson, and Joshua Hall. 2017. _Economic Freedom of the World 2017 Annual Report_. Vancouver: The Fraser Institute.

Examples

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