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Hyperinflation, currency board, and bust : the case of Argentina / / Jutta Maute
| Hyperinflation, currency board, and bust : the case of Argentina / / Jutta Maute |
| Autore | Maute Jutta |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 658.40809892 |
| Collana | Hohenheimer volkswirtschaftliche Schriften |
| Soggetto topico |
Currency boards - Argentina
Monetary policy - Argentina Currency question - Argentina |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Argentina
Argentinien Board Bust Case Currency Currency Board Fixed Exchange Rates Geschichte 1980-2002 Hyperinflation IMF Inflation IWF Konvertierbarkeit Maute Währung Washington Consensus Wechselkurs |
| ISBN | 3-631-75447-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- FIGURES -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 ARGENTINA'S STABILISATION CHALLENGE -- 2.1 PRECEDING STABILISATION ATTEMPTS SINCE THE DAYS OF PERÓN -- 2.2 HIGH AND HYPERINFLATION IN ARGENTINA IN THE 1980s -- 2.2.1 Rising Money Stock -- 2.2.2 Government Finance -- 2.2.2.1 Inflationary Bias of Governments -- 2.2.2.2 Debt Structure -- 2.2.2.3 Are Budget Deficits a Cause or a Consequence of Inflation? -- 2.2.2.4 Erosion of Tax System -- 2.2.2.5 Lack of Structured Budgeting Process -- 2.2.2.6 Inflation Tax -- 2.2.3 Monetary Regime -- 2.2.3.1 Monetary Constitution -- 2.2.3.2 Monetary Policy -- 2.2.4 Inflation Expectations -- 2.2.5 Symptoms of High Inflation -- 2.2.5.1 Decreasing Demand for Real Money Stock -- 2.2.5.2 Currency Substitution -- 2.2.5.3 Undervaluation as a Consequence of Currency Substitution -- 2.2.5.4 Acceleration and Variability of Inflation -- 2.2.5.5 Real Price and Wage Variability -- 2.2.5.6 Distortion and Excess Variability of Relative Prices -- 2.2.5.7 Contracting Strategies -- 2.2.5.8 Disappearance of Markets -- 2.2.5.9 Economic Performance -- 2.2.5.10 External Trade -- 2.2.5.11 Distributional Effects of High Inflation -- 2.2.6 From High to Hyperinflation -- 2.3 OPTIONS FOR STABILISATION IN THE BEGINNING 1990s -- 2.3.1 Political Feasibility of Reforms -- 2.3.2 Shape of Reforms Ending Hyperinflation -- 2.3.2.1 Monetary and Fiscal Reform -- 2.3.2.2 External Anchor: Fixing the Exchange Rate -- 2.3.3 Argentina's Choice -- 3 STABILISATION VIA CURRENCY BOARD -- 3.1 THE CURRENCY BOARD IDEA -- 3.1.1 The Term -- 3.1.2 The Concept -- 3.1.3 Currency Board vs. Other Fixed Exchange Rate Arrangements -- 3.1.4 Currency Board vs. Central Bank -- 3.1.5 Excursus: Doctrinal History and the Currency Board Idea -- 3.1.5.1 Doctrinal Positions: Mercantilist vs. Classical Views.
3.1.5.2 The Bullionist and Banking-Currency Controversies -- The Early 19th Century Bullionist Controversy -- The 1840s Banking-Currency Controversy -- Findings with Hindsight -- 3.1.5.3 The Currency Board and Classical Monetary Theory -- 3.1.5.4 From Colonial to Present-Day Currency Boards -- Rationale of Colonial Currency Boards -- Currency Boards Since 1849 -- 3.2 THE SPECIFICS AND FUNCTIONING OF A CURRENCY BOARD -- 3.2.1 Constitutional Elements of a Currency Board -- 3.2.1.1 Anchor Currency -- 3.2.1.2 Fixed Exchange Rate -- 3.2.1.3 Full Convertibility -- 3.2.1.4 Conduct of Monetary Policy -- Control of Private Money Creation -- Clearing and Day-to-Day Monetary Operations -- Lender of Last Resort Function -- 3.2.1.5 Conduct of Fiscal Policy -- 3.2.1.6 Institutional Preconditions -- 3.2.2 Strengths and Weaknesses of a Currency Board -- 3.2.2.1 Strengths of a Currency Board -- Simplicity and Transparency -- Credibility -- Currency Stability -- Interest Rate Convergence -- Financial Intermediation -- 3.2.2.2 Weaknesses of a Currency Board -- Nominal Exchange Rate Rigidity and Exchange Rate Misalignments -- Financial Fragility in the Absence of a Lender of Last Resort -- Loss of Other Central Bank Functions -- Constraints on Fiscal Policy -- 3.2.3 Considerations for Adopting a Currency Board -- 3.2.3.1 When is a Currency Board an Appropriate Choice? -- 3.2.3.2 Implementation of a Currency Board -- 3.2.4 Duration and Termination of a Currency Board -- 3.2.4.1 Currency Board: Permanent or Transitional Arrangement? -- 3.2.4.2 Exit Options -- Built-in Escape Clauses -- Depreciation -- Appreciation -- Switch to a Floating Exchange Rate -- Switch in the Peg -- 3.2.5 Dual Currency Boards: An Extended Proposal for Currency Stability -- 4 THE ARGENTINE CURRENCY BOARD ARRANGEMENT -- 4.1 FEATURES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARGENTINE CBA -- 4.1.1 The Legal Fixing. 4.1.1.1 The Convertibility Law -- 4.1.1.2 The New Central Bank Law -- 4.1.2 Assessment of the Argentine CBA's Configuration -- 4.1.2.1 Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Elements -- 4.1.2.2 The Choice of the Anchor and the Rate -- 4.1.2.3 Suboptimal Currency Area -- 4.2 THE STABILISATION TRACK DURING THE 1990s -- 4.2.1 The Early 1990s' Economic Reforms -- 4.2.1.1 Further Reforms Shaping the Monetary Frame -- 4.2.1.2 Brady Restructuring -- 4.2.1.3 Tax Reforms -- 4.2.1.4 Federal Fiscal Relations -- 4.2.1.5 Privatisation and Deregulation -- 4.2.1.6 Financial Sector Reform -- 4.2.1.7 Social Security Reform -- 4.2.1.8 Labour Market Reforms -- 4.2.1.9 Trade Liberalisation -- 4.2.2 The Early 1990s' Economic Performance: 1991-1994 -- 4.2.2.1 Monetary and Financial Development -- 4.2.2.2 Economic Activity -- 4.2.2.3 Fiscal Development -- 4.2.2.4 Unemployment and Income Distribution -- 4.2.3 Coping with the Tequila Crisis: 1995 -- 4.2.3.1 The Tequila Effect -- 4.2.3.2 Currency and Bank Run -- 4.2.3.3 Managing the Crisis -- 4.2.3.4 Financial Sector Reforms in the Wake of Tequila -- 4.2.3.5 Fiscal Adjustment Following Tequila -- 4.2.4 The Second Expansionary Phase after Tequila: 1996-1998 -- 4.2.5 The Late 1990s' Recession: 1999-2001 -- 4.2.5.1 The Asian, Russian, and Brazilian Crises -- 4.2.5.2 More Adverse External Shocks -- 4.2.5.3 Recession cum Deflation -- 4.2.5.4 Real Appreciation of the Peso -- 4.2.5.5 Fiscal Atrophy -- 4.2.5.6 Limited Financial Sector Robustness -- 4.2.5.7 Further Labour Market Reforms -- 4.2.6 The Run Up to the Collapse: 2001 -- 4.2.6.1 Meddling with the CBA -- 4.2.6.2 Emission of Quasi-Monies -- 4.2.6.3 Social and Political Overflow, and the End of the CBA -- 4.2.7 A Sketch of the Post-Collapse -- 5 WHAT WENT WRONG? -- 5.1 THE MAIN SUSPECTS -- 5.1.1 Fiscal Imbalance -- 5.1.1.1 Persistent Budget Deficits -- 5.1.1.2 Total Indebtedness. 5.1.2 Overvalued Exchange Rate -- 5.1.2.1 Real Appreciation before 1998 -- 5.1.2.2 The Real Exchange Rate after 1998 -- 5.1.3 Sudden Stop -- 5.1.3.1 Leveraged Argentina -- 5.1.3.2 Debt Sustainability -- 5.1.3.3 The Sudden Stop in the Region -- 5.1.4 Shock Exacerbation within MERCOSUR -- 5.1.4.1 1994-1998: Fixed Here, Fixed plus Sterilisation There -- 5.1.4.2 1999-2001: Fixed Here, Floating plus Sterilisation There -- 5.1.4.3 Exposed within MERCOSUR -- 5.1.5 Institutional Defects -- 5.1.5.1 Insufficient Labour Market Reforms -- 5.1.5.2 Insufficient Diversification of Production -- 5.1.5.3 Banking Sector Reforms Impaired -- 5.1.5.4 Other Deficient Reforms -- 5.1.6 Politics -- 5.1.7 The IMF -- 5.1.7.1 The IMF and the CBA -- 5.1.7.2 Outline of the IMF's Engagement 1991-2001 -- 5.1.7.3 The Role of the IMF during 1991 to 2000 -- 5.1.7.4 The Role of the IMF in the Crisis -- 5.1.7.5 The Fund's Responsibilities -- 5.1.8 The Washington Consensus -- 5.1.9 The Currency Board Itself -- 5.2 TAKING STOCK -- 5.2.1 Vulnerability -- 5.2.2 Triggers -- 5.3 MISSED OPPORTUNITIES? -- 5.3.1 Soft Exit during 1993/1994 -- 5.3.2 Soft Exit during the Second Expansionary Phase -- 5.3.3 Hard Exit after the External Shocks of the Late Nineties -- 5.3.4 Exit towards Full Dollarisation until 1999 -- 5.3.5 Dollarisation in the Midst of Crisis -- 6 CONCLUSION -- Some Lessons -- Argentina's New Challenge -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX -- Macro Indicators -- Financial and Banking Indicators -- Fiscal Indicators -- Distribution and Poverty Indicators -- Selected Data. |
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| Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The stability of currency boards / / Kai Stukenbrock
| The stability of currency boards / / Kai Stukenbrock |
| Autore | Stukenbrock Kai |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 332.46 |
| Collana | CeGE-Schriften |
| Soggetto topico | Currency boards |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Argentina
Boards Currency Currency Board Currency Crisis Estonia Exchange Rate Foreign-Currency Debt Hong Kong Lithuania Stabilitätspolitik Stability Stukenbrock |
| ISBN | 3-631-75699-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Variables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Currency Boards-An Overview -- 2.1 Basic Features of a Currency Board -- 2.1.1 Definition of a Currency Board -- 2.1.2 Currency Boards vs Central Banks -- 2.1.3 Flexibility in Design -- 2.2 Currency Board Characteristics -- 2.2.1 Credibility and Macroeconomic Stability -- 2.2.2 The Adjustment Process and Market Flexibility -- 2.2.3 Anchor Currency Selection-A Theory of Optimum Currency Areas Perspective -- 2.2.4 Monetary Policy, Lender of Last Resort Support, and Financial Fragility -- 2.2.5 Fiscal Policy -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3 Past and Present Currency Boards -- 3.1 History of Currency Boards -- 3.1.1 General Overview -- 3.1.2 Foundations -- 3.1.3 The First Currency Boards (1849-1912) -- 3.1.4 The West African Currency Board (1913) -- 3.1.5 The Peak and Decline of the Currency Board System (1913-1974) -- 3.2 Hong Kong (1983) -- 3.2.1 Lead-Up to the Currency Board -- 3.2.2 Currency Board Design -- 3.2.3 Currency Board Performance -- 3.3 Argentina (1991-2002) -- 3.3.1 Lead-Up to the Currency Board -- 3.3.2 Currency Board Design -- 3.3.3 The Early Years of the Currency Board and the Tequila Crisis -- 3.3.4 The Late Years and Currency Board Exit -- 3.4 Estonia (1992) and Lithuania (1994) -- 3.4.1 Lead-Up to the Currency Boards -- 3.4.2 Currency Boards Design -- 3.4.3 Currency Boards Performance -- 3.4.4 Accession to the European Union and the European Monetary Union -- 3.5 Bulgaria (1997) -- 3.5.1 Lead-Up to the Currency Board -- 3.5.2 Currency Board Design -- 3.5.3 Currency Board Performance -- 3.6 Summary -- 4 Stability and Instability of Currency Boards-a Theoretical Analysis -- 4.1 Models of Currency Crises -- 4.1.1 First and Second Generation Currency Crises Models -- 4.1.2 Critique of Second Generation Crises Models.
4.1.3 Classification of the Currency Board Crises Model -- 4.2 The Standard Model -- 4.2.1 Model Outline -- 4.2.2 Discretionary Exchange Rate Policy -- 4.2.3 Fixed Exchange Rate and Time-Inconsistency -- 4.2.4 Political Cost of Devaluation and Incomplete Information -- 4.2.5 Possible Equilibria -- 4.2.5.1 FC equilibrium -- 4.2.5.2 ZC equilibrium -- 4.2.5.3 PC equilibria -- 4.2.5.4 Graphical Representation and Multiple Equilibria -- 4.2.5.5 Model Parameters and Types of Equilibria -- 4.2.6 Inter-temporal Linkages and Dynamic Effects -- 4.2.7 Stability of the Currency Board -- 4.2.7.1 Gains from Increased Credibility -- 4.2.7.2 Destabilization through Unemployment -- 4.2.7.3 Destabilization through a Sequence of PC Equilibria -- 4.2.7.4 Employment-Decreasing Shocks -- 4.2.7.5 Conclusion -- 4.2.8 Loss from Exit -- 4.3 The Model with Debt -- 4.3.1 Possible Effects of Foreign-Currency Debt on the Model Economy -- 4.3.2 Unemployment -- 4.3.3 Discretionary and Fixed Exchange Rate Policy -- 4.3.4 Model Equilibria -- 4.3.5 Graphical Representation and Interpretation of the Modified Model -- 4.3.6 Model Dynamics and Resilience to Shocks -- 4.3.7 Loss from Exit and Conclusion -- 5 Conclusion -- 5.1 Currency Board Selection -- 5.2 Currency Board Stability -- 5.3 The Risks -- 5.4 Outlook -- Appendices -- A Currency Boards 1849-2002 Overview -- B Currency Board Design Features -- C Derivation of Equations -- C.1 The Standard Model -- C.1.1 Derivation of Devaluation and Loss Equations (4.6) and (4.7) -- C.1.2 Proof that (4.9) Greater than (4.11) -- C.1.3 Difference Loss Fixed and Loss Discretionary Exchange Rate -- C.1.4 Derivation of Equation (4.19), Expected Devaluation -- C.1.5 Derivation of Unemployment Equation (4.24) -- C.1.6 Derivation of Unemployment Equation (4.28) -- C.1.7 Derivation of critical value for c (4.30). |
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Stukenbrock Kai
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| Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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