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Is Freedom Just About the Absence of Inhibitions, or Also About the Availability of Options?

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  • Jan Ott

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Fred MacMahon

    (Fraser Institute)

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  • Jan Ott & Fred MacMahon, 2019. "Is Freedom Just About the Absence of Inhibitions, or Also About the Availability of Options?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 142(1), pages 305-309, February.
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    1. Jan Ott, 2018. "Measuring Economic Freedom: Better Without Size of Government," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 135(2), pages 479-498, January.
    2. Helliwell, John F. & Huang, Haifang, 2008. "How's Your Government? International Evidence Linking Good Government and Well-Being," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 38(4), pages 595-619, October.
    3. Joshua C. Hall & Robert A. Lawson, 2014. "Economic Freedom Of The World: An Accounting Of The Literature," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 32(1), pages 1-19, January.
    4. Jan Ott, 2010. "Good Governance and Happiness in Nations: Technical Quality Precedes Democracy and Quality Beats Size," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 353-368, June.
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    1. Coates, Dennis & Mirkina, Irina, 2021. "Economic Freedom of the Russian Federation," Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, vol. 51(1), January.

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