TY - BOOK TI - The Stability of Currency Boards T2 - cege-Schriften SN - 9783631756997 PY - 2018/// CY - Bern PB - Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group KW - Economic history KW - bicssc KW - Economic theory & philosophy KW - Monetary economics KW - Politics & government KW - Argentina KW - Boards KW - Currency KW - Currency Board KW - Currency Crisis KW - Estonia KW - Exchange Rate KW - Foreign-Currency Debt KW - Hong Kong KW - Lithuania KW - Stabilitätspolitik KW - Stability KW - Stukenbrock N1 - Open Access N2 - The 1990s saw a revival of the currency board system, and proponents have advocated it as an easy-to-set-up exchange rate arrangement providing effective stabilization of the economy. However, the experience of Argentina has highlighted the risks of having a currency board. This study presents both the potential benefits, as well as the risks, of having a currency board by examining the stability of the currency board arrangement and identifying factors affecting the stability. The analysis is based on second-generation currency crisis models, extended to incorporate currency-board specific features and to account for particular aspects often found in currency-board economies UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28980 UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/26710/1/1003350.pdf ER -