identity (reform winner or loser?) more pessimistic about their chances of benefiting from the reform. Consequently, learning … successfully but nevertheless lost public support, and vice versa. We show that learning dynamics can rationalize this apparent … paradox, the reason being that the process of revealing reform outcomes is an example of sampling without replacement: every …

support nevertheless. We show that learning dynamics can rationalize this paradox, the reason being that the process of … revealing reform outcomes is an example of sampling without replacement. We show that this concept challenges the conventional … wisdom that one should start by revealing reform winners. We use our framework to explain why gradual reforms worked well in …

support. This paper shows that learning dynamics can rationalize this paradox because the process of revealing reform outcomes … revealing reform winners. It may also lead to situations in which reforms that enjoy both ex ante and ex post majority support … successes in Special Economic Zones facilitated further reform), whereas this was much less the case for Latin American and …

support. This paper shows that learning dynamics can rationalize this paradox because the process of revealing reform outcomes … revealing reform winners. It may also lead to situations in which reforms that enjoy both ex ante and ex post majority support … successes in Special Economic Zones facilitated further reform), whereas this was much less the case for Latin American and …