Evaluating the impact of IMF programs: A comparison of matching and instrumental-variable estimators

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-124

  Atoyan, Ruben ^a   Conway, Patrick ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

IMF programs; Program evaluation; Sample selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746176426     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-006-6612-2     Document Type: Article

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