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 …

identity (reform winner or loser?) more pessimistic about their chances of benefiting from the reform. Consequently, learning …/08/25/wber.lhu005.abstract?sid=a3f17f9e-0c3c-403b-87cc-14b5eebc2752">'The World Bank Economic Review'</A>, forthcoming … successfully but nevertheless lost public support, and vice versa. We show that learning dynamics can rationalize this apparent …

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 …

corruption. We present a model of corruption and reform which shows that under some circumstances a particular gradualist reform … existing bureaucrats, thereby gaining their support for a reform effort that will ultimately reduce the distortions stemming … recent Chinese reform. …

Economic reform is difficult to carry out because it often undercuts teh status and economic advantage of the rank …