DP1595 Pareto-Improving Economic Reforms through Dual-Track Liberalization

Author(s):	Lawrence J Lau, Yingyi Qian, Gérard Roland
Publication Date:	April 1997
Keyword(s):	Dual-track price liberalization, General Equilibrium, Pareto-improving economic reforms
JEL(s):	D50, D60, P21, P22, P41
Programme Areas:	Transition Economics
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Pareto-improving economic reforms that also simultaneously achieve efficiency can be implemented through a strategy of ?dual-track? liberalization. Its success requires the feasibility of the original plan and its continued enforcement by the state. The Chinese experience demonstrates that such a strategy works.