Hong Kong SAR’s Monetary and Exchange Rate Challenges Historical Perspectives

Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large economy running a currency board system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar. This volume explores the origins and persistence of this system, presenting the viewpoint of several of the main protagonists in the operation of the currency board...

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Other Authors: Schenk, Catherine R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2009, 2009
Series:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large economy running a currency board system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar. This volume explores the origins and persistence of this system, presenting the viewpoint of several of the main protagonists in the operation of the currency board since 1983 as well as new research by academics
Physical Description:XIII, 201 p online resource
ISBN:9780230594746