A note on economic freedom and political ideology

被引：5

作者：

Gu, Ji ^{[1
]}

Compton, Ryan A. ^{[2
]}

Giedeman, Daniel C. ^{[3
]}

Hoover, Gary A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oklahoma, Dept Econ, Norman, OK 73019 USA

[2] Univ Manitoba, Dept Econ, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5, Canada

[3] Grand Valley State Univ, Dept Econ, Grand Rapids, MI USA

来源：

APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2017年 / 24卷 / 13期

关键词：

Economic freedom; political parties; public economics; MATTER;

D O I：

10.1080/13504851.2016.1240336

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Within the field of public economics, there is the perception that Republicans are associated with small government' and Democrats with big government'. We test this notion by examining whether economic freedom is affected when a single party is in control of the state legislature. We find no link between party control and our main economic freedom indicator, but we do find a positive link between Republican control and the taxation component of economic freedom, suggesting a Republican legislature leads to lower taxation.

引用

页码：928 / 931

页数：4

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