Independent Currency Authorities : An Analytic Primer /

This paper provides an analytic overview of independent currency authorities (ICAs), sometimes called currency boards. ICAs issue and redeem domestic currency against an exchange standard on demand and back such operations through a 100 percent marginal foreign reserve cover. They also impose signif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Osband, Kent
Other Authors: Villanueva, Delano
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1992.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1992/050
Online Access:Full text available on IMF