The Hayek–Friedman hypothesis on the press: is there an association between economic freedom and press freedom?
利用1993-2011年跨国面板数据，检验经济自由是否与新闻自由正相关，发现经济自由改善会带来后续新闻自由提升，且关联主要由市场开放驱动。
Abstract The Hayek–Friedman hypothesis states that economic freedom is causally associated with stable democracy. I test a particular element of the hypothesis focusing on press freedom, which is arguably a necessary component of any democratic polity. Combining the Freedom House index of press freedom and the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom yields a large annual panel dataset between 1993 and 2011. Estimates show that improvements in economic freedom are associated with subsequent improvements of press freedom. The overall association is mainly driven by changes in market openness.