Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 6.5

6.5 — practice question

If the demand for a country’s exports is price-elastic, and its government then introduces export subsidies, what impact will this have on the balance of trade and on the terms of trade?

  • Abalance of trade: increase; terms of trade: increase
  • Bbalance of trade: increase; terms of trade: decrease
  • Cbalance of trade: decrease; terms of trade: increase
  • Dbalance of trade: decrease; terms of trade: decrease

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