@article{Belasen:243948,
      recid = {243948},
      author = {Belasen, Ariel R. and Hafer, R.W.},
      title = {Do Changes in Economic Freedom affect Well-Being?},
      journal = {Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy},
      address = {2013},
      number = {1100-2016-90104},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {In this paper we test the relationship between changes in  economic freedom and wellbeing.
Unlike previous work which  has relied on international data sets, the novelty of  this
paper is that we use state-level data. Using the  economic freedom measures provided by the
Fraser Institute  and a recently published data set on well-being across  states, we find that improvements
in economic freedom lead  to increases in well-being for the average state.  Further
analysis shows that the presence of regional  variations across the states may in fact  suggest
differences in optimal freedom levels between  regions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/243948},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.243948},
}