01442cam a2200229   4500001000500000005001700005008003900022020004000061020004300101245007900144260004300223300003500266440002300301504006600324505063200390650003001022650003201052650003801084650003201122650003801154700002001192222520181127164758.0070725s2008    maua     b    001 0 eng  a0262232650 (hardcover : alk. paper)  a9780262232654 (hardcover : alk. paper)00aCurrency boards in retrospect and prospect /cHolger C. Wolf ... [et al.].  aCambridge, Mass. :bMIT Press,cc2008.  axiii, 262 p. :bill. ;c24 cm. 0aCESifo book series  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.0 aIntroduction -- 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. 0aCurrency boardsxHistory. 0aCurrency boardszArgentina. 0aCurrency boardszEurope, Eastern. 0aMonetary policyzArgentina. 0aMonetary policyzEurope, Eastern.1 aWolf, Holger C.