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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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schenk, Catherine R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 201 pages)
ISBN:9780230594746
DOI:10.1057/9780230594746