The Marshall-Lerner Condition Suggests That If the Sum of a Country's

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The Marshall-Lerner condition suggests that if the sum of a country's elasticity of demand for imports and the foreign elasticity of demand for the country's exports exceeds 1.0, an appreciation of the country's exchange rate will worsen its balance of trade.

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