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2006Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
Using panel data for 188 countries over the period 1970-2002 this paper empirically analyzes the influence of the IMF and the World Bank on voting patterns in the UN General Assembly. Countries receiving adjustment programs and larger non-concessional loans from the World Bank vote more frequently in line with the average G7 country. The same is true for countries obtaining non-concessional IMF programs. Regarding voting coincidence with the US, World Bank (concessional and non-concessional) loans have a significant impact, while the IMF has not. These results are robust to the inclusion of control variables and method of estimation. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-005187413Publication status
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KOF Working PapersVolume
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH ZurichSubject
POLITICAL INFLUENCE ON OTHER STATES (INTERNATIONAL POLITICS); INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND; INTERNATIONALER WÄHRUNGSFONDS; WELTBANK; POLITISCHE EINFLUSSNAHME AUF ANDERE STAATEN (INTERNATIONALE POLITIK); Nations Unies; World Bank; UN General Assembly; Vereinte Nationen; United Nations; Aid; IMF; Voting; WORLD BANKOrganisational unit
03716 - Sturm, Jan-Egbert / Sturm, Jan-Egbert
02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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