What is meant by the "law of one price"? In discussing the law of demand, Hubbard and O'Brien claim there has been no evidence of an exception to the law (that is, no evidence of an upward-sloping demand curve)

Are there exceptions to the law of one price?

The law of one price states that identical products should sell for the same price everywhere. But this law refers to a tendency for prices to be equal in different locations, not that such differences never occur. If identical products do sell for different prices in different locations arbitrage profits can be earned by people who buy where the price is low and sell where the price is high. Arbitrage will eventually cause prices to move toward equality, but the law of one price will hold exactly only if transactions costs associated with arbitrage trade are zero. If there are transactions costs, price differences will persist.

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A) increase the supply of dollars in the foreign exchange market. B) decrease the supply of dollars in the foreign exchange market. C) increase the demand for dollars in the foreign exchange market. D) decrease the demand for dollars in the foreign exchange market.

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Which of the following presidents attempted to expand employment during the Great Depression through increased public spending?

A. Harry Truman B. Franklin Delano Roosevelt C. Calvin Coolidge D. Herbert Hoover

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