International Economics 10th Edition by Paul Krugman,Maurice Obstfeld ,Marc Melitz

تمرين 9

Why would Argentina have to give the United States seigniorage if it gave up its peso and completely dollarized its economy? How would you measure the size of Argentina's sacrifice of seigniorage? (To complete this exercise, think through the actual steps Argentina would have to take to dollarize its economy. You may assume that the Argentine central bank's assets consist of 100 percent of interest- bearing U.S. Treasury bonds.)