A currency board does not act as a lender of last resort to commercial banks, and does not ... Irish pound, pegged against pound sterling from independence until 1979. Argentine peso ...

CURRENCY BOARD OR CENTRAL BANK? Lessons from the Irish Pound's Link with Sterling, 1928-79 Patrick Honohan Economic and Social Research Institute Abstract The resurgence of interest in ...

Decimalisation was overseen by the Irish Decimal Currency Board, created on 12 June 1968. It provided changeover information to the public including a pamphlet called Everyone's ...

The Irish pound (English) or punt Éireannach (Irish) was the currency of Ireland ... Decimalisation was overseen by the Irish Decimal Currency Board, created on 12 June 1968. ...

Currency Boards Irish experience. The sudden wave of newly independent monetary authorities in Eastern Europe, and recent experiments in Latin America, have caused a ...

SSRN-Currency Board or Central Bank? Lessons from the Irish Pound's Link with Sterling, 1928-79 by Patrick Honohan

Also Honohan (1994) discusses the experience of the Irish currency board, which dissolved in 1979. Table1 Characteristics of Existing Currency Boards Economy Length of Operation Reserve ...

Although a separate Irish currency, which fluctuated in value against ... major innovation and a Decimal Currency Board was established to educate and assist the ...

From Currency Board to Central Bank A further and more comprehensive discussion of the appropriate basis for the Irish currency took place in the Commission of Inquiry into Banking ...

Decimalisation was overseen by the Irish Decimal Currency Board which was created on June 12, 1968. It provided a variety of changeover ...