The Near-Universal Adoption of the Gold Standard in Currency Exchange

question 31

True/False

The near-universal adoption of the gold standard in currency exchange greatly diminished world trade.

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Winner-Take-All Markets

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Substitution Effect

The economic principle that as the price of a good decreases, consumers will substitute away from higher-priced goods, and vice versa.

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