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Jamaica'S Currency Board, 1920-1961, And A Comparison With Its Central Bank

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  • Eashan Gupta

    (The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise)

  • Matthew Auran

    (The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise)

  • Dylan Frankenfield

    (The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise)

Abstract

We describe the history of Jamaica’s currency board system, which existed from 1920 to 1961; test how orthodox the currency board was; and compare some features of the currency board and the Jamaican economy during the currency board period to the Bank of Jamaica and to the Jamaican economy under central banking.

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  • Eashan Gupta & Matthew Auran & Dylan Frankenfield, 2019. "Jamaica'S Currency Board, 1920-1961, And A Comparison With Its Central Bank," Studies in Applied Economics 136, The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise.
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    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • N16 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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