Currency boards, more so than other exchange rate regimes, have come in and out of fashion. Defined by a fixed exchange rate with full convertibility, central bank liabilities backed with foreign exchange reserves, and a high cost of exiting the regime, currency boards were common in colonial...

In economic discussions, currency board systems are frequently described as arrangements with self-binding character to the monetary authorities by their strict rules and establishments by law. Hard pegs and especially currency boards are often seen as remedies to overcome economic and financial...

This paper presents an overview of the channels of monetary transmission and their manifestation in Bulgaria - a country in a currency board arrangement - in the first five years after the introduction of the regime. The presence of such a mechanism of transmission requires some form of...

Die Idee des aus der Kolonialzeit stammenden Currency Board-Systems erlebt heute eine Renaissance im Zuge der Bewältigung von Währungs- und Finanzkrisen und Transformationsprozessen. Currency Board-Systeme garantieren die Konvertibilität des Bargelds gegen Auslandswährung zu einem festen...