Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Berger, Helge; de Haan, Jakob - 2021
We test whether, in addition to economic conditions, IMF credit is influenced by political factors. On the basis of a … holdings scaled to imports and economic growth, as well as investment are robustly related to IMF credit supply. Arguably …, these results are broadly consistent with the IMF's mission. The only political variables which appear to be related to …