General  government consumption spending

Transfers  and subsidies as a percentage of GDP

Government  enterprises and investment

Top  marginal tax rate

A

Judicial  independence (GCR)

B

Impartial  courts (GCR)

C

Protection  of property rights (GCR)

D

Military  interference in rule of law and the political process (CRG)

E

Integrity  of the legal system (CRG)

F

Legal  enforcement of contracts (DB)

G

Regulatory  restrictions on the sale of real property (DB)

Money  Growth

Standard  deviation of inflation

Inflation:  Most recent year

Freedom  to own foreign currency bank accounts

Taxes  on international trade

International  trade tax revenues (% of trade sector)

Mean  tariff rate

Standard  deviation of tariff rates

Regulatory  Trade Barriers

Non-tariff  trade barriers (GCR)

Compliance  cost of importing and exporting (DB)

Size  of the trade sector relative to expected

Black-market  exchange rates

International  capital market controls

Foreign  ownership/investment restrictions (GCR)

Capital  controls

Credit  market regulations

Ownership  of banks

Foreign  bank competition

Private  sector credit

Interest  rate controls/Negative real interest rates

Labor  market regulations

Minimum  wage (DB)

Hiring  and firing regulations (GCR)

Centralized  collective bargaining (GCR)

Mandated  cost of hiring (DB)

Mandated  cost of worker dismissal (DB)

Conscription

Business  Regulations

Price  controls

Administrative  requirements (GCR)

Bureaucracy  costs (GCR)

Starting  a business (DB)

Extra  payments/Bribes/Favoritism (GCR)

Licensing  restrictions (DB)

Cost  of tax compliance (DB)