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The Relationship between Economic Freedom and HomicideEdward Peter StringhamFayetteville State University - School of Business and Economics John LevendisLoyola University New Orleans 2010 Economic Freedom of the World: 2010 Annual Report, pp. 203-217, 2010 Abstract: Does economic freedom lead to more or less conflict? Numerous authors argue that markets create conflict, whereas many advocates of economic freedom from Adam Smith to Milton Friedman argued the opposite. This topic has not yet been investigated empirically. This article examines the various ideas regarding why economic freedom may reduce conflict and why government intervention might increase it. Then the article looks at cross-national data to determine whether measures of markets and conflict are correlated. It finds that in a cross section of countries, measures of economic freedom are significantly and negatively correlated with homicide rates. These results hold under various tests for robustness. Increases in economic freedom do appear to be associated with decreases in homicide rates.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 15 Keywords: international crime, determinants of crime JEL Classification: C21, H10, K1, N40 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: December 23, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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