Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58486 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6522
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
What are the factors that explain reversals in the implementation of structural reforms? Our main hypothesis is that reversals in different reforms are driven by different factors. This paper uses new reform indicators and presents novel evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase the probability of external liberalization reversals and (c) labour strikes propel reversals in the liberalization of wages and prices.
Subjects: 
reform reversals
price liberalization
trade liberalization
privatization
political economy
JEL: 
E23
D72
H26
O17
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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