“…In addition to these factors, the quality of institutions exerts a significant influence on economic growth (Acemoglu & Robinson, 2008;North, 1990). There is a vast amount of literature that has examined the relationship between economic growth and the quality of economic institutions as measured by economic freedom (e.g., (Ahmed, Mushtaq, Fahlevi, Aljuaid, & Saniuk, 2023 ;Brkić, Gradojević, & Ignjatijević, 2020;Carlsson & Lundström, 2002;Gouider, 2022;Gwartney, Lawson, & Holcombe, 1999; economic growth. Economic freedom attempts to measure the extent to which an economy operates as a market economy (Angulo-Guerrero, Pérez-Moreno, & Abad-Guerrero, 2017;Berggren, 2003).…”