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Raise the debt : how developing countries choose their creditors /

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Why do some governments borrow from China, while others borrow from the United States or the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? This book systematically explains how governments choose among competing loan offers. As the strings attached to loans vary across creditors, domestic interest groups prefe...

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Main Author: Bunte, Jonas B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Debts, Public > Developing countries.
Debts, External > Developing countries.
Dettes publiques > Nouveaux pays industrialisés.
Dettes extérieures > Nouveaux pays industrialisés.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Debts, External
Debts, Public
Developing countries
Dettes publiques > Pays en voie de développement.
Dettes extérieures > Pays en voie de développement.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Why do some governments borrow from China, while others borrow from the United States or the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? This book systematically explains how governments choose among competing loan offers. As the strings attached to loans vary across creditors, domestic interest groups prefer one type of creditor to the other. However, interest groups disagree about which creditor is preferable. Governments cater to whichever domestic interest group coalition is dominant by borrowing from the coalition's preferred creditor. The book offers evidence from Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia as w.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780190909581
0190909587
9780190866181
0190866187