Are Political Freedoms Converging?

This article tests for convergence of freedom using Freedom House's (2002) indices of political rights and civil liberties in 136 countries from 1972 to 2001. Time-series tests, using structural breaks, are employed to test for stochastic and β-convergence. Cross-section tests are performed to exami...

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Publicado en:Economic Inquiry Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 323 - 341
Autores principales: Nieswiadomy, Michael L., Strazicich, Mark C.
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell April 2004
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