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"... a better balanced evaluation of the merits and shortcomings of currency boards than anything the 'evangelicals' have produced." Anna J. Schwartz
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
"... balanced and even-handed analysis." Adam Bennett
International Monetary Fund
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What Role for Currency Boards?
Policy Analyses in International Economics 40
by John Williamson
September 1995
• 44 pp. ISBN paper 0-88132-222-9 • $6.47
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To help overcome its financial crisis, Russia is being urged to create a currency board, which has met with success in other countries such as Argentina, Estonia, and Hong Kong. This study explains what a currency board is and how it differs from a central bank, and examines the advantages and disadvantages of each type of arrangement. The author concludes that currency boards may be quite attractive to small, open economies and a useful prop in those emerging from a very deep macroeconomic crisis, but that their disadvantages outweigh these attractions in most large countries.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Revival of an Old Idea 147.4KB
2. A Consideration of the Pros and Cons 157.8KB
3. Where Do Currency Boards Help? 140.7KB
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