The Tongan Board of Commissioners of Currency (1935-1989): Not an Orthodox Currency Board
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2017-10
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Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise
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This paper provides a historical summary, legislative history, and the first spreadsheet data series of the Tonga Board of Commissioners of Currency (1935-1989) and uses statistical tests to examine to what extent it operated as an orthodox currency board.
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Tonga, currency board, economics, economic data, statistics, monetary, analysis, history