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Economic freedom, peace and violent conflict

In: Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom

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  • Tim Krieger
  • Daniel Meierrieks

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This chapter investigates the links between economic freedom and violent conflict. After discussing theoretical arguments that relate economic freedom to various types of violent conflict, ranging from small-scale terrorist activity to large-scale civil and interstate wars, we confront theoretical predictions with empirical evidence from various empirical studies. In summary, we find substantial empirical support that the long-run benefits to the promotion of pro-market institutions contributes to external and internal peace and stability beyond mere economic gains. This ought to create additional incentives for policymakers to facilitate economic freedom. At the same time, we discuss shortcomings of the existing literature as well as challenges to the mainstream view of a positive link between economic freedom and peace, thereby pointing to potential avenues of future research.

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  • Tim Krieger & Daniel Meierrieks, 2024. "Economic freedom, peace and violent conflict," Chapters, in: Niclas Berggren (ed.), Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom, chapter 24, pages 357-371, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21220_24
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