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Randall Warren Stone, 2008, "Replication data for: Pursuit of interest: The politics of subsidized trade in the Soviet bloc, 1993", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HMVKWA, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:3:IZcsFoKM60B+TkYKON0L7A== [fileUNF]
The failure of the Soviet policy of economic integration with Eastern Europe is explained in terms of (1) the economic incentives facing the countries; and (2) the incoherence of Soviet institutions. In contrast to many economists who study the CMEA, I argue that distributional politics played an important role in the failure of integration: succes... |
Apr 18, 2011
Randall W. Stone, 2007, "Replication data for: Lending Credibility: The International Monetary Fund and the Post-Communist Transition, 2002", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LAXKLR, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:nWxAOQsUCFDIhifEbb4H0g== [fileUNF]
The primary focus of this study is on the effectiveness of the IMF at influencing government policies. However, a prior question that must have occurred to the reader is whether it is normatively desirable for the IMF to exercise influence, and I turn to this question before proceeding with my argument. Critics of unbridled capital markets and the... |
Randall W. Stone, 2007, "Replication data for: The Political Economy of IMF Lending in Africa. American Political Science Review, 2004", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NNMDGM, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:3:NCusF+spwUdef1NOBObFOg== [fileUNF]
Why has IMF lending achieved such poor results in Africa? Is it because the Fund imposes the wrong conditions, or because it fails to enforce them? Analysis of monthly data on 53 African countries from 1990 to 2000 shows that the IMF’s loans-for-reform contract lacks credibility because donor countries intervene to prevent rigorous enforcement. Cou... |
