Changes in Spot Exchange Rates Can Be Advantageous for an International

question 79

True/False

Changes in spot exchange rates can be advantageous for an international business.

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Definitions:

Average Total Cost

A firm’s total cost divided by output (the quantity of product produced); equal to average fixed cost plus average variable cost.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that a business obtains due to expansion, leading to a reduction in the average cost per unit through increased production.

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation in which a business grows to a point where the costs per unit increase, opposed to saving costs, often due to managerial inefficiencies or complexity.

Constant Returns to Scale

A situation in which increasing the amount of all inputs used in production by a certain factor results in output increasing by the same factor.