'Big Bang' Versus Gradualism in Economic Reforms: An Intertemporal Analysis with an Application to China
IMF Staff Papers, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 458-480, 2003
Posted: 22 Apr 2005
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'Big Bang' Versus Gradualism in Economic Reforms: An Intertemporal Analysis with an Application to China
Abstract
This paper analyzes certain issues concerning the speed of adjustment and sequencing of reforms in a transition economy. It presents a dynamic general equilibrium model parameterized with Chinese data. The model is used to generate different policy simulations that highlight the importance of the policy instruments used during the transition period. The simulations consider privatization, tariff reform, and devaluation, as well as alternative speeds of introducing these policies. They show that different speeds of adjustment, as well as sequencing of reforms, will have very different implications for macro-economic aggregates.
Keywords: Transition, sequencing of reform
JEL Classification: D58, P21
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