If a Government Provides an Exporting Firm with Subsidies

question 37

Multiple Choice

If a government provides an exporting firm with subsidies:

• A)changes the payoff matrix in the foreign market.
• B)unambiguously increase the welfare of the domestic economy.
• C)it does not signal that it does not believe in free markets.
• D)it will provide that firm with less incentives to be competitive.

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