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Sequencing and the Success of Gradualism: Empirical Evidence from China's Agricultural Reform

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Alan de Brauw
Jikun Huang
Scott Rozelle () (Williams College)

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This paper provides evidence regarding gains to agricultural market liberalization in China. We empirically identify the different effects that incentive reforms and gradual market liberalization have on China's agricultural economy during its transition period. We find that average gains within the agricultural sector to incentive reform exceed gains to market liberalization by a factor of ten. Our method of analyzing the effects of transition policies on economic performance can be generalized to other reform paths in other transition economies.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, Williams College in its series Department of Economics Working Papers with number 198.

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Keywords: China; agriculture; adjustment cost model; economic transition;

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O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
P32 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Collectives; Communes; Agricultural Institutions
N55 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Asia including Middle East

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