Primer on reforms in a second-best ambiguous environment : a case for gradualism /

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Author / Creator:Erbas, S. Nuri.
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2002.
Description:1 online resource (55 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/02/50
IMF working paper ; WP/02/50.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13510571
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Other authors / contributors:International Monetary Fund. Middle Eastern Department.
ISBN:1451894066
9781451894066
1281961604
9781281961600
1462353053
9781462353057
1452721017
9781452721019
9786613793799
6613793795
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-55).
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Summary:Ambiguity, as opposed to uncertainty, reflects lack of sufficient information about distribution and payoffs of infrequent events. Reforms are infrequent events, undertaken in ambiguous second-best environments where bad reform outcomes are feasible. A general case for the gradualist reform strategy is that it may pay to defer some reforms until relevant information about possible reform outcomes and associated probabilities is revealed, and ambiguity is reduced over time. Gradualism may dominate the big bang strategy, if some of the reforms in a reform sequence are not sure bets and waiting costs do not dominate reversal costs under some information sets forthcoming over time. The relation to Ellsberg's Paradox is discussed. Some cases for and against gradualism are reviewed.
Other form:Print version: Erbas, S. Nuri. Primer on reforms in a second-best ambiguous environment. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2002
Standard no.:10.5089/9781451894066.001

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