Before Entering the East African Currency Board: The Case of Zanzibar (1908 – 1935)

Marissa Licursi
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Marissa Licursi: The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise

No 44, Studies in Applied Economics from The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise

Abstract: We provide the first spreadsheet data series and legislative history of Zanzibar’s Board of Commissioners of Currency (1908-1935) and examine to what extent it operated as an orthodox currency board. The paper makes the annual balance sheets and monthly financial statements of the currency board available in machine-readable form for the first time, in a companion spreadsheet workbook and also offers a summary of legislation related to currency and banking for further analysis of the period.

Keywords: Currency board; Zanzibar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N27 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2016-01
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