Reforming the IMF's weighted voting system

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-324

  Rapkin, David P ^a   Strand, Jonathan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; IMF; POLICY REFORM; QUOTA SYSTEM;

EID: 33645980952     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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