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British imperialism and portfolio choice in the currency boards of Palestine, East Africa, and West Africa
Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences
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British imperialism and portfolio choice in the currency boards of Palestine, East Africa, and West Africa
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BOGER, Tal; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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British colonialism; British imperialism; Palestine Currency Board; East African Currency Board; West African Currency Board.
E10; E13; E40. |
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Abstract. Did British colonial policy primarily benefit Britain, or its colonies? Wadan Narsey, in British Imperialism and the Makings of Colonial Currency Systems (2016),claims that Britain established currency boards to help itself at the expense of the colonies. Examining the history of several currency boards and their assets for select years, Narsey finds that under British influence, they held lower-yielding, shorter-maturity British assets than they need have done, costing colonial governments revenue. We explore this idea by analyzing full annual data on the securities and assets of the currency boards of Palestine, East Africa, and West Africa. An accompanying spreadsheet workbook shows the details of the analysis.Keywords. British colonialism, British imperialism, Palestine Currency Board, East African Currency Board, West African Currency Board.JEL. E10, E13, E40.
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Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences
Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences |
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2018-12-30
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JSAS/article/view/1801
10.1453/jsas.v5i4.1801 |
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Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences; Vol 5, No 4 (2018): December; 296-308
Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences; Vol 5, No 4 (2018): December; 296-308 2149-0406 |
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eng
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http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JSAS/article/view/1801/1785
http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JSAS/article/downloadSuppFile/1801/911 http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JSAS/article/downloadSuppFile/1801/912 http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JSAS/article/downloadSuppFile/1801/913 |
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Copyright (c) 2019 Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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