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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827363403321

Autore

Zettelmeyer Jeromin

Titolo

A Theory of International Crisis Lending and IMF Conditionality / / Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Jonathan Ostry, Olivier Jeanne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

1-4623-3359-1

1-4519-9938-0

1-282-84187-4

9786612841873

1-4518-7094-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (35 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/236

Altri autori (Persone)

JeanneOlivier

OstryJonathan

Disciplina

332.152

Soggetti

Financial crises - Prevention - Econometric models

Moral hazard - Econometric models

Loans, Foreign - Econometric models

Crisis management

Crisis prevention

Crisis resolution

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Economics

Finance

Finance: General

Financial Crises

Financial crises

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

Financial Risk Management

Financial risk management

General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation

Moral hazard

Political Economy

Political economy

Peru

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. History; III. Literature; IV. A Theory of the IMF; A. Setup; B. Equilibrium Under Laissez-Faire; C. Equilibrium with IMF Crisis Lending; D. Moral Hazard in the Presence of IMF Crisis Lending; E. The Case for ex ante Conditionality; V. Discussion and Extensions; A. Incomplete Information and Imperfect Commitment by the IMF; B. Large versus Small Countries; C. Distortions Related to Domestic Political Economy; VI. Conclusion; References

Sommario/riassunto

We present a framework that clarifies the financial role of the IMF, the rationale for conditionality, and the conditions under which IMF-induced moral hazard can arise. In the model, traditional conditionality commits country authorities to undertake crisis resolution efforts, facilitating the return of private capital, and ensuring repayment to the IMF. Nonetheless, moral hazard can arise if there are crisis externalities across countries (contagion) or if country authorities discount crisis costs too much relative to the national social optimum, or both. Moral hazard can be avoided by making IMF lending conditional on crisis prevention efforts-"ex ante" conditionality.