When People Take Advantage of Differences in Prices for the Same

question 29

Multiple Choice

When people take advantage of differences in prices for the same good by buying it where it is cheap and selling it where it is expensive, it is known as

• A) net exports.
• B) purchasing power parity.
• C) net capital outflow.
• D) currency appreciation.
• E) arbitrage.

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