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The Political Economy of Academic Freedom

Published:2024-07-22 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2194-6167
Container-title:The Economists’ Voice
language:en
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Author:

Bjørnskov Christian¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Economics and Business Economics , 1006 Aarhus University , Aarhus , Denmark

2. Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) , Stockholm , Sweden

Abstract

Abstract This paper surveys the empirical literature on causes and consequences of academic freedom that has grown up since the release of new data in 2020. The literature suggests that democracy and multi-party politics contribute to more academic freedom. However, declines in academic freedom may predict autocratisation. In addition, the literature shows that academic freedom contributes to better research, innovation and productivity growth.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ev-2024-0042/pdf

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