Skyfall
A Survival Analysis of the IMF Executive Board Members
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9956599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elie Israël (Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de Gestion), Maqsood Aslam (0000-0002-0385-8171, School of Economics Quaid‐i‐Azam University Islamabad Pakistan), Étienne Farvaque (0000-0002-9180-4594, Institut d'Economie Scientifique Et de Gestion, corresponding author), Franck Malan (0000-0002-0053-1026, Central Statistics Office (CSO) Cork Republic of Ireland) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 232-250 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kyklos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-5962 • E-ISSN: 1467-6435 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/kykl.70025 |
| OpenAlex | W4415905234 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 42 |
In the absence of a retirement age constraint at the IMF, this study explores the tenure persistence within the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2009 to 2021, through a survival analysis. The findings highlight that extrinsic factors, namely sovereign crises, banking crises, the ratio of debt‐to‐GDP, and political transformations, exert a predominant role in tenure longevity, while sociodemographic characteristics such as age, education, or gender have a negligible influence. In summary, survival within this board is primarily governed by geopolitical and economic variables rather than by individual attributes
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |