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dc.contributor.authorChong, Albertoen
dc.contributor.authorGradstein, Marken
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-23-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-18T11:48:41Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-18T11:48:41Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51518-
dc.description.abstractTo what extent do imposed institutions shape preferences? We consider this issue by comparing the market-versus-state attitudes of respondents from a capitalist country, Finland, and an ex-communist group of Baltic countries, and by arguing that the period of communist rule can be viewed as an 'experiment' in institutional imposition. We find that, consistent with some earlier related work, citizens from ex-communist countries tend to be more supportive of state ownership than respondents from capitalist economies. However, they also favor increasing inequality and competition as the means to enhance incentives. We conclude that, in some important relevant dimensions, institutional imposition (which lasted for about 50 years) had a limited effect on preferences. The lessons for Latin America are straightforward.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInter-American Development Bank, Research Department |cWashington, DCen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x579en
dc.subject.jelP30en
dc.subject.jelP51en
dc.subject.jelD30en
dc.subject.jelD02en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInstitutionsen
dc.subject.keywordmarkets versus stateen
dc.subject.keywordredistributional preferencesen
dc.titleRedistributional preferences and imposed institutions-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn585532729en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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