title: Political Decisions, Economic Effects: How International Organizations Govern the Globalized Economy
creator: Lang, Valentin F.
subject: 300
subject: 300 Social sciences
subject: 310
subject: 310 General statistics
subject: 320
subject: 320 Political science
subject: 330
subject: 330 Economics
subject: 350
subject: 350 Public administration
description: This dissertation consists of four essays on the decision-making and the effects of international organizations. Its empirical focus is on the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The dissertation shows that political interests influence the IMF's decision-making and that IMF programs have important economic effects on sovereign creditworthiness and income inequality.  Chapter 1: Buying Votes and International Organizations: The Dirty-Work Hypothesis;   Chapter 2: Room for Discretion: Biased Decision-Making in International Financial Institutions;   Chapter 3: Stigma or Cushion? IMF Programs and Sovereign Creditworthiness;   Chapter 4: The Economics of the Democratic Deficit: The Effect of IMF Programs on Inequality
date: 2018
type: Dissertation
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/25093/1/Lang_2018_Dissertation_PDFA.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00025093
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-250938
identifier:   Lang, Valentin F.  (2018) Political Decisions, Economic Effects: How International Organizations Govern the Globalized Economy.  [Dissertation]     
relation: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/25093/
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language: eng