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The contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to economic freedom
Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor); Dreher, Axel (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001701669
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The contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to economic freedom
Boockmann, Bernhard; Dreher, Axel - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001657234
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The contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to economic freedom
Boockmann, Bernhard; Dreher, Axel - In: European journal of political economy 19 (2003) 3, pp. 633-649
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001788526
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The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom
Boockmann, Bernhard; Dreher, Axel - 2002
We analyse the effect of IMF and World Bank policies on the composite index of economic freedom by Gwartney et al …, we find that the number of projects has a positive impact on overall economic freedom, while the effect of the amount of … World Bank credits is negative. These effects are stronger during the 1990s than in earlier periods. There is no clear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298103
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Does the IMF help or hurt? : the effect of IMF programs on the likelihood and outcome of currency crises
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Walter, Stefanie (contributor) - 2008
Using panel data for 68 countries over the period 1975-2002 this paper examines how IMF programs, disbursed loans, and compliance with conditionality affect the risk of currency crises and the outcome of such crises. Specifically, we investigate whether countries with previous IMF intervention...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764208
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Does the IMF Help or Hurt? The Effect of IMF Programs on the Likelihood and Outcome of Currency Crises
Dreher, Axel - 2014
Using panel data for 68 countries over the period 1975-2002 this paper examines how IMF programs, disbursed loans, and compliance with conditionality affect the risk of currency crises and the outcome of such crises. Specifically, we investigate whether countries with previous IMF intervention...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709167
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The Causes and Consequences of IMF Conditionality
Dreher, Axel; Vaubel, Roland - 2004
world capital market, monetary expansion in the borrowing country and the number of World Bank adjustment loans. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075266
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The effect of IMF lending on the probability of sovereign debt crises
Jorra, Markus - 2010
This paper explores empirically how the adoption of IMF programs affects sovereign risk over the medium term. We find that IMF programs significantly increase the probability of subsequent sovereign defaults by approximately 1.5 to 2 percentage points. These results cannot be attributed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695546
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Does the IMF's Official Support Affect Sovereign Bond Maturities?
Erce, Aitor - 2014
This paper looks at whether the tendency of some governments to borrow short term is reinforced by financial support from the International Monetary Fund. I first present a model of sovereign debt issuance at various maturities featuring endogenous liquidity crises and maturity mismatches due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065432
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IMF Lending in Low-And Middle-Income Countries in the Wake of the Global Crisis
Presbitero, Andrea Filippo - 2014
In the wake of the global crisis the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increased its exposure to low-and middle-income countries and boosted the overhaul of its lending approach to enhance its role in preventing crises. This paper tests whether IMF lending has targeted countries most affected by...
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