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Graham Bird is affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within economics, econometrics, and finance, with particular attention to international development, global financial crises, and banking stability.

Their published work includes several recent papers covering issues related to international monetary policy, poverty, and economic reform. Notable publications by Graham Bird include:

  • The effects of IMF programs on poverty, income inequality and social expenditure in low income countries: an empirical analysis (2020, Journal of Economic Policy Reform)
  • Completion and Conditionality: A Parsimonious Analysis of IMF Programs (2024, Journal of International Commerce Economics and Policy)

Graham Bird frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Economic Policy Reform
  • Journal of International Commerce Economics and Policy
  • International Review of Economics & Finance
  • Open Economies Review
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their collaborative work includes frequent coauthors such as Dane Rowlands, Harvey Baldovino, Thomas D. Willett, Faryal Qayum, and Hassan Almahmood. George Bird's research intersects with coauthors who contribute to similar fields of development and financial economics.

The main fields of their academic study include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Social Sciences

Subfields that their work engages with are:

  • Finance
  • Development
  • Safety Research
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • International Development and Aid
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic Growth and Development
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Graham Bird's contributions include empirical analyses that explore the relationship between IMF programs and economic outcomes in low-income countries, as well as examinations of IMF program conditionality. Their work continues to engage with issues relevant to international financial institutions and economic policy reform.

Best Publications

  • IMF Lending to Developing Countries : Issues and Evidence

    Graham R. Bird

  • Too Much of a Good Thing? The Adequacy of International Reserves in the Aftermath of Crises

    Graham Bird;Ramkishen Rajan

  • IMF programs: Do they work? Can they be made to work better?

    Graham Bird

  • The International Monetary Fund and developing countries: A review of the evidence and policy options

    Graham Bird

  • Many happy returns? Recidivism and the IMF

    Graham Bird;Mumtaz Hussain;Joseph P. Joyce

  • IMF lending: how is it affected by economic, political and institutional factors?

    Graham Bird;Dane Rowlands

  • The IMF: A Bird's Eye View of its Role and Operations

    Graham Bird

  • Do IMF programmes have a catalytic effect on other international capital flows

    Graham Bird;Dane Rowlands

  • The Catalytic Effect of Lending by the International Financial Institutions

    Graham Bird;Dane Rowlands

  • IMF Conditionality, Implementation and the New Political Economy of Ownership

    Graham Bird;Thomas D Willett

  • Borrowing from the IMF: The policy implications of recent empirical research

    Graham Bird

  • International Terrorism: Causes, Consequences and Cures

    Graham Bird;S. Brock Blomberg;Gregory D. Hess

  • The Evolving Asian Financial Architecture

    Graham R. Bird;Ramkischen S. Rajan

  • Banks, Financial Liberalisation and Financial Crises in Emerging Markets

    Graham Bird;Ramkishen S. Rajan

  • Debt Relief for Low-Income Countries: Is it Effective and Efficient?

    Graham Bird;Alistair Milne

  • The Quest for Economic Stabilisation: The IMF and the Third World

    GR Bird;T Killick;J Sharpley;M Sutton

  • A companion to Kant

    Graham Bird

  • Stop Interrupting: An Empirical Analysis of the Implementation of IMF Programs

    Ozlem Arpac;Graham Bird;Alex Mandilaras

  • Political Economy Influences Within the Life-Cycle of IMF Programmes

    Graham Bird;Dane Rowlands

  • The Revolutionary Kant: A Commentary on the Critique of Pure Reason

    Graham Bird

  • RESTRAINING INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOVEMENTS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

    Graham Bird;Graham Bird;Ramkishen S. Rajan

  • Toward a new international financial architecture: A practical post-Asia agenda

    G Bird

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramkishen S. Rajan
Ramkishen S. Rajan National University of Singapore
Thomas D. Willett
Thomas D. Willett Claremont Graduate University
Paul Guyer
Paul Guyer Brown University
Gregory D. Hess
Gregory D. Hess Wabash College

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