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Contents

  • I. Introduction

  • II. Conceptual Issues

  • III. Evidence From Market Prices

  • IV. Is IMF Lending Large Enough to Create Serious Moral Hazard?

  • V. Conclusions

  • Text Tables

  • 1. Movements in Bond Spreads and IMF-Related “News”, 1995-1999

  • 2. Arrangements Approved with Access Beyond the Fund’s Usual Limits, 1993-98

  • Figures

  • 1. Yield Spreads on Dollar-Denominated Debt

  • 2. Bond Spread Indices, January 1994-June 1999

  • 3. Yield Spreads and IMF Support for Mexico, October 1994-March 1995

  • 4. Yield Spreads and IMF-Asia Events

  • 5. Yield Spreads and Steps toward IMF Quota Increase, July 1997-March 1999

  • 6. Yield Spreads and IMF-Russia Events, April 1998-March 1999

  • Appendix I. Preferential treatment of Creditors

  • Appendix II. “News” relevant to Possible Fund-Induced Moral Hazard

  • References

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Does IMF Financing Result in Moral Hazard?
Author:
Mr. Steven T Phillips
and
Mr. Timothy D. Lane