Learning, policy making, and market reforms
In the 1980s and 1990s, market reforms swept the world. It is widely believed that the reformist wave can be partly explained in terms of the lessons learned from policy failures of the past. Whereas this interpretation of events is well established, it has never been empirically proved. Learning, Policy Making, and Market Reforms is the first study that tests the impact of policy learning on economic policy choices across time and space. The study supports the popular explanation that, on aver…
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- Full title :Learning, policy making, and market reforms / Covadonga Meseguer.
Summary
In the 1980s and 1990s, market reforms swept the world. It is widely believed that the reformist wave can be partly explained in terms of the lessons learned from policy failures of the past. Whereas this interpretation of events is well established, it has never been empirically proved. Learning, Policy Making, and Market Reforms is the first study that tests the impact of policy learning on economic policy choices across time and space. The study supports the popular explanation that, on average, governments around the world adopted privatization and trade liberalization, and sustained open capital accounts, as a result of learning from the experience of others.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780511719509, 0511719507, 9780511626685, 0511626681, 1107191114, 9781107191112, 1107569397, 9781107569393, 1282539388, 9781282539389, 9786612539381, 6612539380, 0511719051, 9780511719059, 0511515545, 9780511515545, 0511718594, 9780511718595, 0511516827, 9780511516825
- oclc:ocn607553625
- LC Classification:HD3850
- Dewey Decimal:338.9/25
Table of Contents
The question -- The model -- Learning and development strategies -- Learning and privatization -- Learning and capital account liberalization -- Learning and IMF agreements -- Conclusions.
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