IMF: Working Papers

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Anderson, Thomas Barnebeck, Thomas Harr and Finn Tarp. 2004. "On US Politics and IMF Lending." Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen.

Bagci, Pinar and William Perraudin. 1997. "The Impact of IMF Programmes." Global Economic Institutions Working Paper No. 24.

Barro, Robert and Jong-Wha Lee. 2003. "IMF Programs: Who is Chosen and What Are the Effects?" NBER Working Paper No. 8951.

Bordo, Michael D. and Harold James. 2000. "The International Monetary Fund: Its Present Role in Historical Perspective." National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. W7724.

Bordo, Michael D. and Anna J. Schwartz. 2000. "Measuring Real Economic Effects of Bailouts: Historical Perspectives on How Countries in Financial Distress Have Fared With and Without Bailouts." National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. W7701.

Bordo, Michael D. and Anna J. Schwartz. 2001. "From the Exchange Stabilization Fund to the International Monetary Fund." National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. W8100.

Boughton, James M. and Alex Mourmouras. 2002. "Is Policy Ownership An Operational Concept?." IMF Working Paper No. 02/72

Conway, Patrick. 2000. "IMF Programs and Economic Crisis: An Empirical Study of Transition."

Conway, Patrick. 2002. "Duration and Recidivism in IMF Programs: Evidence from the Period 1973-1992"

Corsetti, Giancarlo, Bernardo Guimaraes and Nouriel Roubini. 2003, "International Lender of Last Resort and Moral Hazard: A Model at IMF's Catalytic Finance."

Dell'Aricca, Giovanni, Isabel Gödde and Jeromin Zettelmeyer. 2000."Moral Hazard and International Crisis Lending." Paper presented at 1st Annual IMF Research Conference.

Dreher, Axel. 2002. "The Development and Implementation of IMF and World Bank Conditionality." Hamburg Institute of International Economics Discussion Paper no. 165

Dreher, Axel. 2004. "Does the IMF Cause Moral Hazard? A Critical Review of the Evidence."

Dreher, Axel. 2004. "IMF and Economic Growth: the Effects of Programs, Loans, and Compliance with Conditionality."

Dreher, Axel and Nathan Jensen. 2004. "Independent Actor or Agent? An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of US Interests on IMF Conditions." Leitner Working Paper 2003-04, Leitner Program in International Political Economy, Yale University.

Dreher, Axel and Jan-Egbert Sturm. "Do IMF and World Bank Influence Voting in the UN Gerneral Assembly?"

Easterly, William. 2002. “An Identity Crises? Testing IMF Financial Programming.” Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 9.

Easton, Stephen T. and Duane W. Rockerbie. 1999. "Commercial Banks and IMF Membership: A Proposal for Reform."

Easton, Stephen T. and Duane W. Rockerbie. 1999. "The Kiss of Death: IMF Subsidies in Sovereign Debt Markets."

Edwards, Martin. 2003. “Domestic Institutions and Economic Performance Under IMF Programs, 1979-1995.”

Edwards, Martin. 2003. “Signalling Credibility? The IMF and Catalytic Finance.”

Frederico, Guilio. 2001. "IMF Conditionality." Nuffield College, Oxford.

Gould, Erica. 2004. “Delegating Conditionality: Understanding Variations in Control and Conformity.” University of Virginia.

Haque, Nadeem Ul and Mohsin S. Khan. 1998. "Do IMF-Supported Programs Work? A Survey of the Cross-Country Empirical Evidence." IMF Working Paper No. 98/169.

Ivanova, Anna, Wolfgang Mayer, Alexandros Mourmouras and George C. Anayiotos. 2003. "What Determines the Implementation of IMF-Supported Programs?" IMF Working Paper No. 03/8.

Jeanne, Olivier and Charles Wypsloz. 2001. "The International Lender of Last Resort: How Large is Large Enough?" IMF Working Paper No. 01/76.

Jha, Raghbendra. 2000. "Determinants of Sovereign Borrowing from the IMF."

Kapur, Devesh. 2000. "Risk and Reward: Agency, Contracts, and the Expansion of IMF Conditionality."

Khan, Mohsin S. and Sunil Sharma. 2001. "IMF Conditionality and Country Ownership of Programs." IMF Working Paper No. 01/142.

Killick, Tony. 2002. "The 'Streamlining' of IMF Conditionality: Aspirations, Reality and Repercussions." Report for the UK Department for International Development.

Lane, Timothy and Steven Phillips . 2000. "Does IMF Financing Result in Moral Hazard?" IMF Working Paper No. 00/168.

Martin, Lisa L. 2000. "Agency and Delegation in IMF Conditionality." Harvard University.

Mayer, Wolfgang and Alex Mourmouras. 2002. "Vested Interests in a Political Theory of IFI Conditionality." IMF Working Paper No. 02/73.

Mercer-Blackman, Valerie and Anna Unigovskaya. 2000. "Compliance with IMF Program Indicators and Growth in Transition Economies." IMF Working Paper No. 00/47.

Miller, Marcus and Lei Zhang. 1996. "Seigniorage, Inflation and IMF Intervention." Global Economic Institutions Working Paper No. 19.

Morris, Stephen and Hyun Song Shin. 2003. "Catalytic Finance: When Does It Work?"

Nunnenkamp, Peter . 1999. "The Moral Hazard of IMF Lending: Making a Fuss about a Minor Problem?" Kiel Institute of World Economics Discussion Paper No. 332.

Oatley, Thomas. "Commercial Banks and the International Monetary Fund: An Empirical Analysis." University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Oatley, Thomas and Jason Yackee. 2000. "Political Determinants of IMF Balance of Payments Lending: The Curse of Carabosse?" University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Odling-Smee, John. 2004. "The IMF and Russia in the 1990s." IMF Working Paper no. 04/155.

Powell, Andrew and Leandro Arozamena. 2003. “Liquidity Protection versus Moral Hazard: The Role of the IMF.” CSED Working Paper 34.

Ramcharan, Rodney. 2002. “How Does Conditional Aid (Not) Work?” IMF Working Paper No. 02/183.

Ramcharan, Rodney. 2003. “Reputation, Debt, and Policy Conditionality.” IMF Working Paper No. 03/192.

Saravia, Diego. 2003. "On the Role and Effects of IMF Seniority."

Sturm, Jan-Egbert, Helge Berger and Jakob de Haan. 2002. "IMF Credit: How Important Are Political Factors? A Robustness Analysis." Center for Economics Studies & Ifo Institute for Economic Research Working Paper No. 642 (6). Munich.

Vines, David. 1997. "The Fund, The Bank and the WTO: Functions, Competencies and Reform Agendas." Global Economic Institutions Working Paper No. 26.

Vreeland, James Raymond. 1999. "The IMF: Lender of Last Resort or Scapegoat?" Yale University.

Vreeland, James Raymond. 2004. "The International and Domestic Politics of IMF Programs." Yale University.

Vreeland, James, Sturm, Robynn Kimberly and Spencer William Durbin. 2001. "The Effect of IMF Programs on Deforestation." Yale University.

Willett, Thomas. 2001. "Restructuring IMF Facilities to Separate Lender of Last Resort and Conditionality Programs: A Political Economy Perspective on the Meltzer Commission Recommendations." Claremont Graduate University.

Willett, Thomas D. 2002. "Towards a Broader Public Choice Analysis of the International Monetary Fund." Claremont Graduate University.

Willett, Thomas. 2003. “IMF Conditionality and the New Political Economy of Ownership.”

Zhang, Xiaoming Alan. 1999. "Testing for "Moral Harzard" in Emerging Markets Lending." Institute of International Finance Research Paper No. 99-1.

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