Rostowski, J. (1992) A proposal on how to introduce a currency board based monetary system in the republic of Latvia. CEPDP, 83. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Latvia is considering adopting a convertible currency which would be highly backed and which would be administered by a currency board. The problem is that with a tiny proportion of national income generated by trade with convertible currency countries this would require a huge initial undervaluation of the new domestic currency (the Lat), which would be highly stagflationary. The introduction of a bi-paper standard, with the Lat as a fully backed second currency circulating in parallel with the rapidly inflating Latvian ruble, avoids these costs. The advantages of such a system for revolutionary banking sector reform are also described.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 1992 J.Rostowski |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | 83 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/21046/ |
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