Culture and social resistance to reform: a theory about the endogeneity of public beliefs with an application to the case of Argentina

Sergio Pernice and Federico Sturzenegger

No 275, CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. from Universidad del CEMA

Abstract: This paper attempts to understand the factors that explain the degree of support or criticism that a reform process may be subject to. Understanding these determinants is critical, in turn, to assess the feasibility and sustainability of those reforms. In particular, we want to assess what are the elements that create societal consensus for reform and which are the main factors that turn public opinion against it. In the case of Argentina, for example, such dynamics are critical to understand how public opinion imposed constraints on government behavior, affected macroeconomic performance, and ultimately, determined the chance of success of reforms.

Date: 2004-10
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