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Who adjusts? Exchange rate regimes and finance versus labor under IMF programs
Who adjusts under International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs and why? In this paper, I demonstrate that labor groups adjust when there is a fixed...
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The power of having powerful friends: Evidence from a new dataset of IMF negotiating missions, 1985-2020
When countries are confronted with a crisis and have no alternative but to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speed is of the essence....
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The unintended consequences of IMF programs: Women left behind in the labor market
Despite societal progress toward achieving gender equality, women remain disadvantaged across all walks of life. We examine how pressures by the...
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Taxing the People, Not Trade: the International Monetary Fund and the Structure of Taxation in Develo** Countries
Strengthening fiscal capacity in low- and middle-income countries is essential for achieving sustainable development. The International Monetary...
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Opposition to the Washington Consensus: The IMF and Social Policy Reforms in Post-Soviet Russia
Financial collapse forced Russia into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1998. As part of its conditionality the IMF demanded...
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Does cultural diversity hinder the implementation of IMF-supported programs? An empirical investigation
Do ethno-linguistic divisions in a country hamper the implementation of IMF-supported programs? We construct a new measure of implementation and...
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The economics of the democratic deficit: The effect of IMF programs on inequality
Does the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increase inequality? To answer this question, this article introduces a new empirical strategy for...
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Economic crises and the survival of international organizations
How do hard economic times affect countries’ foreign policy and, specifically, their international commitments? Although a large body of literature...
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EU Economic and Monetary Integration in the Age of Global Finance
This chapter explores the relationship among three dynamics that featured in the political economy of European unification during the 1980s: the...
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Institutional Justice and the Ethical Dimension of Contractual Development at the International System. A Case Study of the Bretton Woods Institutions
This chapter reconstruct the evolution of the contractual approach to justice of international institutions such as the World Bank and the...
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Financing for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond
The economic and social impact of covid-19 pandemic both on develo** and developed countries has been significant. In addition to the impact of the...
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Describing of central banks’ monetary policy in the context to linear and nonlinear taylor rule: the case of Turkey
This study analyzes whether the original and expanded Taylor rules are valid in determining policy interest rates, which are used as the main...
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Why hide? Africa’s unreported debt to China
Hidden debt is endemic throughout the sovereign credit market and poses a serious threat to global financial stability. Yet, little is known about...
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The Dollar Cycle of International Development, 1973–2017
Since the 1970s, develo** countries across the world have collectively experienced a series of economic upswings and downturns. Existing theories...
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Financial and trade relationships between the Eurozone and China in the age of resilience
How did the financial and trade ties between China and the Eurozone develop in the aftermath of the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis? We analyze these...
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Chinese or western finance? Transparency, official credit flows, and the international political economy of development
Why do some develo** countries obtain more official finance from China vis-a-vis Western sources? This study finds borrower transparency...
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The Climate Finance Conundrum
International climate finance is key to managing overall climate risk with many develo** countries’ climate plans and actions are conditional on...
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Financial dollarization and its effects on inflation and output in Turkey: a machine learning approach
This study aims to examine the consequences of dollarization on the effectiveness of monetary policy in Türkiye, a nation with a long history of high...
