Increased Foreign Competition Tends To

question 19

Multiple Choice

Increased foreign competition tends to:

• A) Intensify inflationary pressures at home
• B) Induce falling output per worker-hour for domestic workers
• C) Place constraints on the wages of domestic workers
• D) Increase profits of domestic import-competing industries

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