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On the Efficacy of Reforms

其他書名	Policy Tinkering, Institutional Change, and Entrepreneurship
出版	National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wwWNMBjNmXQC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋We analyze the interplay of policy reform and entrepreneurship in a model where investment decisions and policy outcomes are both subject to uncertainty. The production costs of non-traditional activities are unknown and can only be discovered by entrepreneurs who make sunk investments. The policy maker has access to two strategies: policy tinkering, ' which corresponds to a new draw from a pre-existing policy regime, and institutional reform, ' which corresponds to a draw from a different regime and imposes an adjustment cost on incumbent firms. Tinkering and institutional reform both have their respective advantages. Institutional reforms work best in settings where entrepreneurial activity is weak, while it is likely to produce disappointing outcomes where the cost discovery process is vibrant. We present cross-country evidence that strongly supports such a conditional relationship.