Welfare paradox in economic restructuring

Economics of Planning - Tập 29 - Trang 25-31 - 1996
Gene Hsin Chang1, Dianqing Xu2
1Department of Economics, The University of Toledo, Toledo, U.S.A.
2Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Tóm tắt

It can be proved theoretically that, because of the previously existing price and structural distortion, a welfare paradox is possible in the former command economies during the transition period. This paradox refers to a situation in which a welfare gain is accompanied by a fall in the reported GNP figure.

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