Currency boards in retrospect and prospect

Currency boards in retrospect and prospect / Holger C. Wolf [and others].

Employing economic theory, cross-country empirical comparison and case studies, this work analyses the effect of currency boards on inflation, output growth and macroeconomic performance. The case studies come from Argentina, Estonia Lithuania, Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wolf, Holger C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:CESifo book series.
Subjects:
Currency boards > History.
Currency boards > Europe, Eastern.
Currency boards > Argentina.
Monetary policy > Europe, Eastern.
Monetary policy > Argentina.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Foreign Exchange.
Currency boards
Monetary policy
Argentina
Eastern Europe
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Currency boards : history, theory, and institutions
  • Currency boards in historical perspective
  • Why do countries choose currency boards?
  • Modern currency boards : structural and institutional aspects
  • Macroeconomic performance
  • Stylized facts
  • Inflation and disinflation under alternative exchange rate regimes
  • Output growth and trade performance
  • Argentina
  • Case studies in modern currency boards : the European experience
  • Euro-based currency boards : introduction
  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
  • Bulgaria
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Euro-based currency boards : an assessment
  • Conclusions.

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