Currency Boards, Credibility, and Macroeconomic Behavior /

Currency boards operate differently from standard pegs. The former exhibit greater currency stability and lower transaction costs, inflation, and nominal interest rates, but are limited in their use of devaluation. We extend Drazen and Masson's (1994) signaling model to consider the choice betw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sy, Amadou
Other Authors: Rivera-Batiz, Luis
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/097
Online Access:Full text available on IMF