The paper presents a detailed description of IMF and World Bank conditionality and tries to explain changes in this … World Bank conditionality as well as interruptions of IMF programs in the recipient countries. Compliance with World Bank … conditionality is lower in election years and pre-election years. Breakdowns of IMF programs are less likely in election years …

Using panel data for 157 countries over the period 1999-2005 we empirically investigate the politics involved in IMF … find inflation forecasts are systematically biased downwards for countries with greater IMF loans outstanding relative to … GDP, indicating that the IMF engages in defensive forecasting. Countries with a fixed exchange rate regime also receive …

The paper presents a detailed description of IMF and World Bank conditionality and tries to explain changes in this … World Bank conditionality as well as interruptions of IMF programs in the recipient countries. Compliance with World Bank … conditionality is lower in election years and pre-election years. Breakdowns of IMF programs are less likely in election years …

We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the IMF, using … temporary UN Security Council membership and participation in IMF programs, even after accounting for economic and political … the number of conditions included in IMF programs. The size of the loan, however, is not affected by UNSC membership. …

We analyse the effect of IMF and World Bank policies on the composite index of economic freedom by Gwartney et al … relationship between credits and programs of the IMF and economic freedom. …

Using panel data for 157 countries over the period 1999-2005 we empirically investigate the politics involved in IMF … find inflation forecasts are systematically biased downwards for countries with greater IMF loans outstanding relative to … GDP, indicating that the IMF engages in defensive forecasting. Countries with a fixed exchange rate regime also receive …

Using panel data for 188 countries over the period 1970-2002 this paper empirically analyzes the influence of the IMF … non-concessional IMF programs. Regarding voting coincidence with the US, World Bank (concessional and non …-concessional) loans have a significant impact, while the IMF has not. These results are robust to the inclusion of control variables and …

We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the IMF, using … temporary UN Security Council membership and participation in IMF programs, even after accounting for economic and political … the number of conditions included in IMF programs. The size of the loan, however, is not affected by UNSC membership. …

In this paper we analyze whether IMF conditionality is exclusively designed in line with observable economic indicators … intent from 38 countries over the period 4/1997-2/2003 reveals that the number of conditions on an IMF loan depends on a …) receive IMF loans with fewer conditions especially prior to elections. These results contribute to the current public policy …