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Vladimir Fernandes Maciel

Vladimir Fernandes Maciel is Head of the Mackenzie Center for Economic Freedom at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Brazil.

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Brazilian States’ Economic Freedom Index: Applying Fraser’s Methodology for 2003–2016 Data

01/22/2020 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Vladimir Fernandes Maciel Ulisses Monteiro Ruiz de Gamboa Julian Alexienco Portillo Mariangela Ghizellini

The Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of North America report provides the method of evaluating the economic freedom of Brazilian states. Results suggest that Brazilian states' freedom scores have been declining.

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