JAMAICA'S CURRENCY BOARD, 1920-1961, AND A COMPARISON WITH ITS CENTRAL BANK

Eashan Gupta, Matthew Auran and Dylan Frankenfield
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Eashan Gupta: The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise
Matthew Auran: The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise
Dylan Frankenfield: The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise

No 136, Studies in Applied Economics from The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise

Abstract: We describe the history of Jamaica’s currency board system, which existed from 1920 to 1961; test how orthodox the currency board was; and compare some features of the currency board and the Jamaican economy during the currency board period to the Bank of Jamaica and to the Jamaican economy under central banking.

Keywords: Jamaica; currency board; central bank (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 N16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2019-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-his, nep-mac and nep-mon
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