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- catalog abstract ""In this book, Federico Sturzenegger and Mariano Tommasi propose formal models to answer some of the questions raised by the recent reform experience of many Latin American and eastern European countries." "The book is organized around three basic questions: first, why do reforms take place? Second, how are reforms implemented? And third, which candidates are most likely to undertake reform? Although most of the chapters deal with policy issues in developing economies, the findings also apply to areas such as social security and health care reform in industrialized countries."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10701971.
- catalog contributor b10701972.
- catalog coverage "Developing countries Economic policy.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""In this book, Federico Sturzenegger and Mariano Tommasi propose formal models to answer some of the questions raised by the recent reform experience of many Latin American and eastern European countries." "The book is organized around three basic questions: first, why do reforms take place? Second, how are reforms implemented? And third, which candidates are most likely to undertake reform? Although most of the chapters deal with policy issues in developing economies, the findings also apply to areas such as social security and health care reform in industrialized countries."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction / Federico Sturzenegger and Mariano Tommasi -- I. Why? (The Positive Political Economy of Reforms) -- Inaction and Delay. 2. The Political Economy of Delayed Reform / Allan Drazen. 3. Resistance to Reform: Status Quo Bias in the Presence of Individual-Specific Uncertainty / Raquel Fernandez and Dani Rodrik. 4. Why Are Stabilizations Delayed? / Alberto Alesina and Allan Drazen. 5. Fiscal Conservatism as a Response to the Debt Crisis / Raul Laban and Federico Sturzenegger. 6. The Benefit of Crises for Economic Reforms / Allan Drazen and Vittorio Grilli -- Dynamics. 7. Recurrent High Inflation and Stabilization: A Dynamic Game / Guillermo Mondino, Federico Sturzenegger and Mariano Tommasi.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "vi, 380 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0262194007 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries Economic policy.".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "338.9/009172/4 21".
- catalog subject "Economic stabilization Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "HC59.7 .P5772 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction / Federico Sturzenegger and Mariano Tommasi -- I. Why? (The Positive Political Economy of Reforms) -- Inaction and Delay. 2. The Political Economy of Delayed Reform / Allan Drazen. 3. Resistance to Reform: Status Quo Bias in the Presence of Individual-Specific Uncertainty / Raquel Fernandez and Dani Rodrik. 4. Why Are Stabilizations Delayed? / Alberto Alesina and Allan Drazen. 5. Fiscal Conservatism as a Response to the Debt Crisis / Raul Laban and Federico Sturzenegger. 6. The Benefit of Crises for Economic Reforms / Allan Drazen and Vittorio Grilli -- Dynamics. 7. Recurrent High Inflation and Stabilization: A Dynamic Game / Guillermo Mondino, Federico Sturzenegger and Mariano Tommasi.".
- catalog title "The political economy of reform / edited by Federico Sturzenegger and Mariano Tommasi.".
- catalog type "text".