Dual Track Liberalization: With and without losers

Jiahua Che () and Giovanni Facchini

No 123, Econometric Society 2004 Latin American Meetings from Econometric Society

Abstract: The success of the Chinese economic reforms has been linked by many observers to the implementation of a dual track liberalization mechanism. This approach, relying upon the continued enforcement of existing contracts and the simultaneous creation of a free market sector, represents a powerful mechanism in economic reform. If not anticipated, it implements an outcome that is both Pareto improving and efficiency enhancing as compared to the status quo. When the reform is instead anticipated, intertemporal arbitrage arises, potentially undermining these properties. Only when the original policy involves both price setting and quantity restrictions can anticipated dual track liberalization maintain its attractiveness. While these conditions correspond well to the circumstances faced by transition economies, our analysis invites some caution as for the further applicability of the Chinese approach to economic reform.

Keywords: Dual Track Liberalization; Intertemporal Arbitrage; Pareto Improving Reforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 P2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-08-11
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