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D270 Final - Davis
a highly efficient and clean market may not _____ be the most attractive for expansion
necessarily
a large market may not always be highly _____ for expansion
attractive
developing country
has fragile institutions, heavy indebtedness. inconsistent regulation, and civil instability
base of the pyramid
spotlights the poorest two-thirds of the economic human pyramid, a group of more than four
billion people who earn a few dollars per day
emerging economies
economies experiencing rapid growth , expanding industrialization, and improving standard of
living
economic freedom
is the "absolute right of property ownership, fully realized freedoms of movement for labor,
capital, and goods, and an absolute absence of coercion or constraint of economic liberty
beyond the extent necessary for citizens to protect and maintain liberty itself"
economic freedom index
estimates economic freedom in 180 countries worldwide
property rights
, ability of individuals to accumulate, use, trade, and sell private property, protected and
safeguarded by clear, specific, and explicit laws that are fully and fairly enforced by that state
government integrity
degree that corruption introduces insecurity and uncertainty into economic relationships
judicial effectiveness
A fair and independent court system
fiscal health
tax burden imposed by government on its citizens
government spending
The burden imposed on the economic system by the monies spent by government agents in
acquiring goods, providing services, and transferring income payments to its citizens.
tax burden
a measurement of taxes paid as a proportion of income
labor freedom
aspects of the legal and policy framework that regulates the country's labor market
business freedom
the ability to start, operate, and close a business that represents the overall burden of
regulation as well as the efficiency of government in the regulatory process
monetary freedom
stable prices without government price controls
trade freedom
the absence of tariff and non-tariff barriers that affect imports and exports of goods and
services
investment freedom
ability of individuals and firms to move resources, without restriction, into and out of activities
both internally and across the country's borders
financial freedom