Prerequisites for Sustainable Government Borrowing Within Currency Board System

Authors

  • Aura Draksaite Kaunas University of Technology
  • Vytautas Snieska Kaunas University of Technology
  • Gitana Valodkiene Kaunas University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.27.2.13753

Keywords:

Government borrowing, sustainable borrowing, currency board system, government borrowing prerequisites, government debt management.

Abstract

Abstract. Financial stability of an economy is one of the most important priorities in many countries around the world. Although in many cases financial resources are preferably generated within a given economy, often there is a necessity to borrow the funds abroad.

In order to maintain the sustainability of the economy, the borrowing abroad also should comply with the certain respective regulations. Specific regulations depend on the peculiarities of the economy itself. There is a complex set of the factors to be considered when analyzing the sustainability of the economy. In this article, the importance of the monetary system arrangement is emphasized, namely the case of currency board system is analyzed. The aim of the paper is to reveal the prerequisites for sustainable government borrowing within currency board system.

The main research methods used are systematization and generalization of the scientific literature, quantitative and qualitative analysis of the primary and secondary data, graphic presentation of the data and results. Also the case of Lithuania’s government borrowing is presented. For the evaluation of risk, @Risk package has been used. Conclusions of the paper provide the review of both general and the specific prerequisites for sustainable government borrowing within currency board system.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.27.2.13753

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Published

2016-04-28

Issue

Section

ECONOMICS OF ENGINEERING DECISIONS