IMF programs and policies assessment in the transition economies during the transition and the post-transition period-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

IMF programs and policies assessment in the transition economies during the transition and the post-transition period

Published:2016-12-01 Issue:2 Volume:3 Page:102-127
ISSN:2344-4150
Container-title:Journal of Heterodox Economics
language:en
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Author:

Bellos Sotirios K.¹²

Affiliation:

1. University of Macedonia, Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece, Tripoleos Street, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki , 55131, Greece

2. National Bank of Greece, Special Assets Unit, Thessaloniki , Greece

Abstract

Abstract We analyze empirically whether IMF financial assistance in 31 transition countries, during the transition and the post-transition period, has achieved the purposes stated in the IMF's own articles of agreement, namely employment enhancement, confidence provision and export promotion. By employing panel data and impact evaluation analysis, we find that IMF presence persistently fails to be correlated with upgrades in sovereign rating, FDI attraction and employment improvement. By focusing on specific IMF policies, we present some intriguing results, which reveal whether these individual policies actually contribute to the achievement of the official IMF purposes or not.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

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