A tradesman who purchases diamonds in a country where the price is low and sells them in another country where the price is high, can be said to be practicing:
a. arbitrage.
b. speculation.
c. derivatives trading.
d. forecasting.
A
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If the price elasticity of demand for clothing is 0.64, this implies that
A) a 6.4 percent increase in price the price of clothing leads to a 10 percent decrease in the quantity demanded. B) a 10 percent increase in the price of clothing leads to a 6.4 percent decrease in the quantity demanded. C) if there is an increase in the price of clothing the total expenditures on clothing decreases. D) Both answers A and C are correct.
A monopoly firm engaged in international trade will
A) equate marginal costs with marginal revenues in both domestic and foreign markets. B) equate average to local costs. C) equate marginal costs with foreign marginal revenues. D) equate marginal costs with the highest price the market will bear. E) equate marginal costs with the relative world prices.