The Currency Boards of Trinidad (1906-1951) and Barbados (1938-1951)

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

No 49, 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 note issue by the Commissioners of Currency, in Trinidad, and the Board of Commissioners of Currency, in Barbados. The paper assesses how orthodox the operations of these two currency boards were, analyzing both the legislation and statistics from their balance sheets. The two boards’ operations are compared in their structure and level of orthodoxy. There is also some limited discussion of the effects of the boards on the colonies’ economies. The paper makes the various balance sheet data available in machine-readable form for the first time, in a companion spreadsheet workbook.

Keywords: Trinidad and Tobago; Barbados; currency board (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E59 N16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2016-02
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