Estonian Monetary System: Reconstruction, Performance, and Future Prospects

Arbeitspapier

Nearly twenty years have passed since the beginning of the transition from the planned economy to the market economy system in Estonia. A successful transition to a market economy requires a sound currency and Estonia introduced its own currency in June 1992. Estonia has been quite successful in achieving economic stability and growth and steadily declining inflation. An essential element of Estonia?s economic development success has been the currency board-based monetary system that has served as a signal of commitment to prudent monetary policy and as a guarantee of sound money during the transition period. We discuss the experience of operating the currency board in Estonia and future prospects of the currency board arrangement in Estonia in the framework of the European Union and the future joining the Economic and Monetary Union.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionspapiere ; No. 11/2004

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System; Payment Systems
• Subject: monetary system ; currency reform ; currency board ; monetary policy ; Currency Board ; Geldverfassung ; Estland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Sõrg, Mart
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität Greifswald, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät
• (where): Greifswald
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22098
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET