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The United States and IMF politicization

The United States and IMF politicization. Do US allies receive more conditional agreements than other countries?. Changes from original. Time period not restrained to post cold war era. ‘Enemies’ added as a variable. Data regression model used is by Prof. Vreeland. Method of approach.

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The United States and IMF politicization

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  1. The United States and IMF politicization Do US allies receive more conditional agreements than other countries?

  2. Changes from original • Time period not restrained to post cold war era. • ‘Enemies’ added as a variable. • Data regression model used is by Prof. Vreeland.

  3. Method of approach • How influential is the United States within the IMF? • Why would the US not fund its interests independent of the fund? • How can ‘US Interest’ be defined? • How allies and enemies were coded

  4. America in the IMF • 16.77% of vote share • Together with 4 key allies –Japan, UK, France and Germany- has a vote share of 38.37% • Only nation that can block supermajority vote of 85%

  5. Why not fund through the state? • Nash Equilibrium analogy. • Pressure from electorate.

  6. Models of State Interest • Systematic • Societal • Statist

  7. Case studies chosen • Russia • Pakistan

  8. Coding ‘Allies’ and ‘Enemies’ • Specific criteria given to each • If any one of the criterion is observed, country is coded 1 in the respective variable for as long as the criterion is observed.

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