Explain each of the following and why each might be used: hard pegs, currency boards, and dollarizations

What will be an ideal response?


A hard peg is a fixed exchange rate regime where policy makers, in some way, have made it symbolically or technically harder to change the peg. A dollarization occurs when the domestic currency is replaced by a foreign currency (typically the dollar). Under a currency board, the central bank is prepared to exchange foreign currency for domestic currency at some official rate. Furthermore, the central bank cannot engage in open market operations.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A) entry, and the firms to split the output equally. B) no entry, and for the incumbent to produce the Stackelberg leader level of output. C) entry, and for the incumbent to produce the Stackelberg leader level of output. D) no entry, and the monopoly to continue.

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