Currency boards in retrospect and prospect

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Wolf, Holger C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
Series:CESifo book series.
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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.