The Copenhagen Institute is a Danish Free Market

Free market

A free market is a competitive market where prices are determined by supply and demand. However, the term is also commonly used for markets in which economic intervention and regulation by the state is limited to tax collection, and enforcement of private ownership and contracts...

 think tank. It was founded in 2003 hosting a conference on tax competition

Tax competition

Tax competition, a form of regulatory competition, exists when governments are encouraged to lower fiscal burdens to either encourage the inflow of productive resources or discourage the exodus of those resources...

. It has a clear libertarian

Libertarianism

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 leaning.

The Copenhagen Institute was originally called MarkedsCentret, but changed its name in 2005.

The think tank works on policy areas such as: Tax & Welfare, Health Care & Food, Competition & Regulation and Environment & Technology.

The think tank was founded by Chresten Anderson, who previously worked for the Cato Institute

Cato Institute

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in Washington DC.