institutional constraints, including those protecting freedom of expression, as they seek to control the public narrative. We ask to … what extent de jure constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression constrain such actors and when speech can be de … representation is associated with lower de facto freedom of expression, but mainly where the constitution offers an opt-out in …

This paper examines the impact of press freedom, an important institutional factor, on stock price crash risk. Using a … degrees of press freedom are associated with lower levels of future stock price crash risk. Our analysis further shows that … press freedom helps to deter the hoarding of bad news by increasing the intensity of reporting, extending the reporting …

moments, ideals like internet freedom survive only if continuously defended and reinvented, even when survival demands …

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: What is freedom? A review of the prevailing perspectives -- Chapter 3: Freedom as … collaboration rather than mere survival. This book challenges prevailing conceptions of freedom by developing a new concept rooted … in our cooperative nature: freedom as social cooperation (FSC). This approach posits freedom beyond the absence of …

Internet freedom rankings are a comparative tool that serves as an evaluative shorthand in decision-making contexts … internationally. Understanding their aims and how they define internet freedom, as well as the power relationships within the ranking …