Evaluating the impact of IMF programs: A comparison of matching and instrumental-variable estimators
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IMF programs; program evaluation; sample selection bias;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
- F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
- C34 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models
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