If a Bottle of Mineral Water Is Priced at R8

question 43

True/False

If a bottle of mineral water is priced at R8 in South Africa and 720 yen in Japan, then according to the purchasing power parity theory of exchange rates, the yen/rand exchange rate should be 5,760 yen/rand.

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