Currency boards in retrospect and prospect / Holger C. Wolf ... [et al.]. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008. - xiii, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - CESifo book series .

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

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.

0262232650 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262232654 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Currency boards--History.
Currency boards--Argentina.
Currency boards--Europe, Eastern.
Monetary policy--Argentina.
Monetary policy--Europe, Eastern.