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Author Hanke, Steve H

Title Russian currency and finance : a currency board approach to reform / Steve H. Hanke, Lars Jonung, and Kurt Schuler
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. The case for a currency board in Russia -- 2. The case against the central bank of Russia -- 3. Central banking and the Russian monetary system -- 4. Currency boards, central banks, and the money supply process -- 5. How to establish a currency board in Russia -- 6. How to operate and protect a currency board in Russia -- 7. The currency board and reform of the Russian monetary system -- 8. Objections to a currency board in Russia -- 9. Two successful Russian monetary reforms -- 10. Conclusion
Summary As the new Russian state struggles with the transition to a market economy, the need for radical monetary reform becomes increasingly urgent. The choice of reform is crucial, for it will largely determine Russia's future economic performance. In order to break free of the lingering effects of Soviet central planning, the new Russian state needs a stable, convertible currency. Steve H. Hanke, Lars Jonung and Kurt Schuler propose that Russia establishes a currency board which would issue a Russian currency fully convertible with international currency, backed 100 per cent by international bo
Analysis Monetary system
Russia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-209) and index
Notes English
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Subject Money -- Russia (Federation)
Currency question -- Russia (Federation)
Economic stabilization -- Russia (Federation)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Money & Monetary Policy.
Currency question
Economic stabilization
Money
Russia (Federation)
Form Electronic book
Author Jonung, Lars
Schuler, Kurt, 1960-
ISBN 0203980301
9780203980309
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