Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50852 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
KOF Working Papers No. 118
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
In this paper we analyze whether IMF conditionality is exclusively designed in line with observable economic indicators or, alternatively, whether it is partly driven by its major shareholder, the US. A panel data analysis of 206 letters of intent from 38 countries over the period 4/1997-2/2003 reveals that the number of conditions on an IMF loan depends on a borrowing country's voting pattern in the UN General Assembly. Closer allies of the United States (and other G7 countries) receive IMF loans with fewer conditions especially prior to elections. These results contribute to the current public policy debates on the role and process of setting IMF conditions, and provide broader insights into the influence of the United States and other G7 countries in international institutions.
Subjects: 
IMF
conditionality
elections
UN General Assembly voting compliance
JEL: 
F33
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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