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Currency boards in retrospect and prospect /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wolf, Holger C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Colección:CESifo book series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.