Master or servant? common agency and the political economy of IMF lending

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-77

  Copelovitch, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; FINANCIAL SERVICES; IMF; LENDING BEHAVIOR; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951176147     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2009.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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