Lending credibility : the International Monetary Fund and the post-communist transition /
'With the end of the Cold War, the International Monetary Fund emerged as the most powerful international institution in history. But how much influence can the IMF exert over fiercely contested issues in domestic politics that affect the lives of millions? In Lending Credibility, Randall Stone...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2002]
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Series: | ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Strategy of Transition: Inflation and Democracy; 1.2 What Would We Like the IMF to Do?; I. Models and Data; 2 A Formal Model of Lending Credibility; 2.1 The Model; 2.2 The Equilibrium; 2.3 Hypotheses Derived from the Formal Model; 2.4 Conclusions; Appendix: A Formal Model of Lending Credibility; 3 Studying IMF Effectiveness; 3.1 Previous Research; 3.2 Critiques Raised in the Literature; 3.3 New Critiques; 3.4 Research Design; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 An Empirical Test of the Model.