Currency boards in retrospect and prospect /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Wolf, Holger C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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.
Currency boards > Histoire.
Currency boards > Europe de l'Est.
Currency boards > Argentine.
Politique monétaire > Europe de l'Est.
Politique monétaire > Argentine.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Foreign Exchange.
Currency boards
Monetary policy
Argentina
Eastern Europe
ECONOMICS/Macroeconomics
ECONOMICS/Finance
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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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