Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Strategy of Transition: Inflation and Democracy; 1.2 What Would We Like the IMF to Do?; I. Models and Data; 2 A Formal Model of Lending Credibility; 2.1 The Model; 2.2 The Equilibrium; 2.3 Hypotheses Derived from the Formal Model; 2.4 Conclusions; Appendix: A Formal Model of Lending Credibility; 3 Studying IMF Effectiveness; 3.1 Previous Research; 3.2 Critiques Raised in the Literature; 3.3 New Critiques; 3.4 Research Design; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 An Empirical Test of the Model.