The Seigniorage Gain of an International Currency: An Empirical Test

Benjamin J. Cohen

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1971, vol. 85, issue 3, 494-507

Abstract: I. The concept of seigniorage, 495. — II. Its practical significance in the British case, 496. — III. The gross seigniorage gain from sterling, 498. — IV. The offsetting interest cost of the sterling balances, 502.

Date: 1971
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