Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 6.4

6.4 — practice question

A country is running a balance of payments deficit. It then devalues its currency. Which combination causes its balance of payments deficit to fall in the long run?

  • Aprice elasticity of demand for exports less than 0.5 / price elasticity of demand for imports less than 0.5
  • Bprice elasticity of demand for exports less than 1 / price elasticity of demand for imports zero (0)
  • Cprice elasticity of demand for exports more than 0.5 / price elasticity of demand for imports more than 0.5
  • Dprice elasticity of demand for exports zero (0) / price elasticity of demand for imports less than 1

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