TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolf,Holger C.
TI  - Currency boards in retrospect and prospect
SN  - 0262232650 (hardcover : alk. paper)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Currency boards
KW  - History
KW  - Argentina
KW  - Europe, Eastern
KW  - Monetary policy
N1  - 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
ER  -