Learning about reform: Time-varying support for structural adjustment

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-206

  Veldkamp, Laura ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor matching; Learning; Policy reversals; Political economy; Structural adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349111984     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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