Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 6.3

6.3 — practice question

Company X, a multinational company manufacturing batteries for electric cars, plans to put money into a new factory in country N. In what circumstances would this investment be most likely to raise the current account balance on the balance of payments in country N?

  • A% of raw materials used to make batteries supplied by country N: 10; income elasticity of demand for electric cars outside country N: 0.5
  • B% of raw materials used to make batteries supplied by country N: 10; income elasticity of demand for electric cars outside country N: 1.5
  • C% of raw materials used to make batteries supplied by country N: 90; income elasticity of demand for electric cars outside country N: 0.5
  • D% of raw materials used to make batteries supplied by country N: 90; income elasticity of demand for electric cars outside country N: 1.5

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