Determinants of National IMF Policy: a Case Study of Brazil and Argentina
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1. Verfasser: Silva-Garbade, Caroline (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Frankfurt Lang, Peter, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2011
Schriftenreihe:Hispano-Americana Bd. 39
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Beschreibung:Acknowledgments -- V; Contents -- VII; List of figures -- XI; List of abbreviations -- XIII; Introduction -- 1; Cooperation with the IMF -- 2; Structure and function of the IMF -- 2; Theoretical foundation of IMF conditionality -- 8; Current state of research and research deficits -- 10; Research question and thesis outline -- 16; A political economy framework of IMF policy -- 19; Basic assumptions and behavior of politicians -- 20; Principles and the idea of man -- 20; Politicians and voters in the political economy framework -- 22; The institutional framework and political actors -- 28
Political economy of IMF policy -- 32Steps and actors of national IMF policy -- 32; Consequences of IMF programs and their determinants -- 34; The formulation of IMF policy -- 39; Research method -- 40; Brazil and the IMF -- 47; Brazil's institutional framework -- 48; Legislative and executive in Brazil -- 49; Brazilian federalism -- 51; The party system -- 53; The president's autonomy in economic policymaking -- 56; A historical overview of Brazil's economic policy: 1985-1993 -- 58; The debt crisis and Brazil's return to democracy -- 58; Rise and fall of Collor de Mello -- 60
Franco taking office and the difficult fight against inflation -- 63Brazil's IMF policy: 1993-2005 -- 65; The Real Plan and the Fund's retreat: 1993-1995 -- 65; The initial political and economic situation -- 66; The implementation of the Real Plan -- 68; The difficult negotiations with the Fund -- 73; The Asian flue and the choice not to cooperate: 1997 -- 78; Preliminary events and the initial political and economic situation -- 79; The Asian crisis and measures taken by the Brazilian government -- 83; Brazil's IMF policy and its determinants -- 84
The IMF's Real safety net and its modification: 1998-2001 -- 87The initial economic and political situation -- 88; Another crisis: economic policy in times of elections -- 89; An IMF agreement to back the Real -- 91; The abandonment of the crawling peg -- 95; The reformulation of the IMF agreement -- 99; The implementation of IMF conditionality -- 102; Summarizing the determinants of Brazil's IMF policy -- 104; Fighting fading confidence with the IMF: 2001 -- 107; The initial economic situation -- 108; Political turbulences, the energy crisis, and the fast recovery -- 108
Brazil's IMF policy and its determinants -- 111Almost unconditional help: 2002-2005- 113; Joint fight against market hysteria -- 114; Lula's presidency and further cooperation with the IMF -- 119; The determinants of two administrations' IMF policies -- 121; Argentina and the IMF -- 123; Argentina's institutional framework -- 124; Legislative and executive in Argentina -- 125; Argentinean federalism -- 127; The party system -- 128; The president's autonomy in economic policymaking -- 130; A historical overview of Argentina's economic policy: 1983-1991 -- 131
Argentina's return to democracy and Alfonsín's presidency -- 132
Includes bibliographical references (pages xv-xxxviii)
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