TY - BOOK AU - Wolf,Holger C. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Currency boards in retrospect and prospect T2 - CESifo book series AV - HG230.5 .C875 2008eb U1 - 332.4/56 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Currency boards KW - History KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Argentina KW - Monetary policy KW - Electronic books KW - local 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10223886 ER -