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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451572303321

Titolo

Currency boards in retrospect and prospect [[electronic resource] /] / Holger C. Wolf ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-30993-9

1-282-09959-0

9786612099595

0-262-28641-6

1-4356-4330-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

CESifo book series

Altri autori (Persone)

WolfHolger C

Disciplina

332.4/56

Soggetti

Currency boards - History

Currency boards - Europe, Eastern

Currency boards - Argentina

Monetary policy - Europe, Eastern

Monetary policy - Argentina

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.