Economic Freedom of the Russian Federation

Résumé du livre

Indices of economic freedom have been created for over 150 countries and for a variety of sub-national areas. This is the first index measuring economic freedom at the sub-national level within Russia. The index looks at the 82 regions1 of the Russian Federation from the country's independence in 1991 to its most recent developments in 2015. The index ranks each region on economic freedom at both the regional and the all-government (federal, regional, and municipal) levels. This allows both isolating the impact of government intervention on economic freedom within the country and providing useful comparisons across countries. The regional index evaluates the degree of economic freedom in each region of Russia compared with other Russian regions. The all-government index allows comparing sub-national units in different countries to one another.