What Is Required for Absolute Purchasing Power Parity to Hold

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Essay

What is required for absolute purchasing power parity to hold?
Do you think absolute PPP would hold in the case where a computer retailer in the U.S. sits directly across the border from a computer retailer in Canada?
How about Houston,Texas,and Winnipeg,Manitoba?

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Definitions:

Price Effect

The impact on consumer demand and supply of goods or services caused by a change in the price of those goods or services.

Perfectly Elastic

Describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied can change infinitely with any small change in price.

Price

The total monetary value expected, obliged, or handed over in exchange for something.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price level in a specified period.