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What Is Required for Absolute Purchasing Power Parity to Hold

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What is required for absolute purchasing power parity to hold?
Do you think absolute PPP would hold in the case where a computer retailer in the U.S. sits directly across the border from a computer retailer in Canada?
How about Houston,Texas,and Winnipeg,Manitoba?


Definitions:

Warrant

A financial instrument that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy a company's stock at a specified price before a certain date.

Convertible Bond

An investment vehicle that permits conversion into a fixed number of the issuing company's equity shares at select moments over its lifespan, usually upon the decision of the person owning the bond.

Arbitrage

The practice of buying and selling equivalent assets in different markets to take advantage of a price difference.

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