The politics of IMF lending [electronic resource] /
Breen, M.author.
As national governments continue to disagree over how to respond to the aftermath of the global financial crisis, two of the few areas of consensus were the decisions to increase the IMF's capacity to respond and remove the policies designed to limit the use of its resources. Why was this massive increase in the size of the IMF, accompanied by the removal of policies designed to limit moral hazard, such an easy point of consensus? Michael Breen looks at the hidden politics behind IMF lending and proposes a new theory based on shareholder control. To test this theory, he combines statistical analysis with a sweeping account of IMF lending and conditionality during two global crises; the European sovereign debt crisis and the Asian financial crisis.
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Introduction -- Who controls the IMF? -- Domestic interests and IMF programs -- The impact of the shareholders on IMF programs -- Testing the argument -- IMF lending -- IMF lending and the crisis in Europe -- IMF conditionality -- IMF conditionality and the Asian crisis -- Theory, evidence and reform.
As national governments continue to disagree over how to respond to the aftermath of the global financial crisis, two of the few areas of consensus were the decisions to increase the IMF's capacity to respond and remove the policies designed to limit the use of its resources. Why was this massive increase in the size of the IMF, accompanied by the removal of policies designed to limit moral hazard, such an easy point of consensus? Michael Breen looks at the hidden politics behind IMF lending and proposes a new theory based on shareholder control. To test this theory, he combines statistical analysis with a sweeping account of IMF lending and conditionality during two global crises; the European sovereign debt crisis and the Asian financial crisis.
International Monetary Fund.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
International economics.
International relations.
Macroeconomics.
International organization.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
International Economics.
International Relations.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
International Organization.