entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

). Coincident with the deepening of economic reforms, Hukou has gradually been relaxed since the 1980s, helping to explain an …

time (1960-2004.) More important as determinants of such changes are the level of development and other reforms such as …

Recent research convincingly shows that crises beget reform. Although the consensus is that economic crises foster … macroeconomic stabilization, it is silent on which types of crises cause which types of reform. Is it economic or political crises … that are the most important drivers of structural reforms? To answer this question we put forward evidence on trade and …

Why have economic reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state been successful in some cases but not others? Are … reform failures the consequence of leviathan states that hinder private economic activity, or of weak states unable to …

entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

effect of gradualism – increasing the required levels (stakes) of contributions slowly over time rather than requiring a … starting at a low stake while gradually increasing the stakes over time (the Gradualism treatment). We find that relative to … the other two treatments, groups coordinate most successfully at high stakes in the Gradualism treatment. We also find …