Currency boards in retrospect and prospect
By: Holger C. Wolf ... [et al.].
Contributors: Wolf, Holger C.
Series: CESifo book series
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780262232654
Subjects: Currency boards -- History.; Currency boards -- Europe, Eastern.; Currency boards -- Argentina.; Monetary policy -- Europe, Eastern.; Monetary policy -- Argentina.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Currency boards : history, theory, and institutions; title: Currency boards in historical perspective; title: Why do countries choose currency boards?; title: Modern currency boards : structural and institutional aspects; title: Macroeconomic performance; title: Stylized facts; title: Inflation and disinflation under alternative exchange rate regimes; title: Output growth and trade performance; title: Argentina; title: Case studies in modern currency boards : the European experience; title: Euro-based currency boards : introduction; title: Estonia; title: Lithuania; title: Bulgaria; title: Bosnia and Herzegovina; title: Euro-based currency boards : an assessment; title: Conclusions.