empirical focus is on the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The dissertation shows that political interests influence the IMF …'s decision-making and that IMF programs have important economic effects on sovereign creditworthiness and income inequality … Decision-Making in International Financial Institutions; Chapter 3: Stigma or Cushion? IMF Programs and Sovereign …

manufacturing employment of between 89,900 and 209,800 workers – accounting for 8.5 to 19.8 per cent of manufacturing employment in …We examine how the rapid growth in imports of manufactured goods from China affected industry-level employment in … 1991. Such an effect seems best described as sizable, but not one that by itself spelled the end of manufacturing industry …