Dehejia, Vivek H. - Carleton University, Department of Economics - 1995
When shock therapy is politically infeasible, will gradualism be feasible? Mussa (1986) conjectured, in the context of a neoclassical model of adjustment, that the answer was "yes". This paper takes up the Mussa conjecture by : (i) building a political economy model in which it makes sense; (ii)...