EH.N: CfP: Hong Kong Currency Board Workshop

[Catherine Schenk]

Call for Papers:

Hong Kong's Currency Board at 25
Institute for Historical Research
London, 21 October 2008

In October 1983, in a dramatic response to currency instability, the Hong
Kong government restored the currency board system that had operated from
1935-1973.  This year marks the 25th anniversary of this event and provides
an opportunity to reflect on the currency board's performance and on its
future prospects. Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large and
sophisticated economy with international financial centre status running a
currency board system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar. While
usually credited with providing stability and prosperity for Hong Kong, the
system faces new challenges from the recent depreciation of the US Dollar
and the growing flexibility of the Renminbi since 2005. 

To commemorate the anniversary a one-day conference will be held on 21
October 2008 at the Institute for Historical Research, London, sponsored by
the ESRC World Economy and Finance Programme and the Institute for Monetary
and Financial Stability, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.  

The organisers welcome academic paper proposals for this meeting dealing
with economic aspects and history, present and future of Hong Kong's
currency board system.

Please send a 500 word abstract or a completed paper, along with a brief
C.V., to:

Professor Stefan Gerlach (stefan.gerlach at wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de)
Professor Catherine Schenk (c.schenk at socsci.gla.ac.uk)


Deadline for proposals:  15 August 2008

The organisers can provide a limited amount of financial support for
speakers.

Professor Catherine R. Schenk
Professor of International Economic History
Economic and Social History
University of Glasgow
Lilybank House
Glasgow G12 8RT
UK
0141-330-6616
FAX: 0141-330-4889