The Burma Currency Board

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

No 72, Studies in Applied Economics from The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise

Abstract: We provide a spreadsheet data series and legislative history of the Burma Currency Board (BCB) from 1948 to 1952. The paper assesses the level of orthodoxy exhibited by the board through analysis of legislation and statistics from quarterly bulletins. We also do a comparative analysis of economic health during and after the currency board era through use of economic markers. This paper makes various balance sheet data available in machine-readable form in a companion spreadsheet workbook.

Keywords: Burma; currency board; Myanmar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E58 N15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2017-01
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