10)  Solve the following problem assuming the price of a Big Mac is $5.50.  In Denmark, a Big Mac  costs 18.10 DKK.  The actual exchange rate is $1.00=5.55 DKK.  According to Purchasing Power Parity, calculate What do we expect to pay?    What is the price in dollars?   What should the exchange be?  (This is the IPPP)   What percentage is the DKK under or overvalued against the dollar?   What percentage is the dollar undervalued or overvalued in relation to the DKK?

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10)  Solve the following problem assuming the price of a Big Mac is $5.50.  In Denmark, a Big Mac 

costs 18.10 DKK.  The actual exchange rate is $1.00=5.55 DKK.  According to Purchasing Power Parity, calculate

What do we expect to pay? 

 

What is the price in dollars?

 

What should the exchange be?  (This is the IPPP)

 

What percentage is the DKK under or overvalued against the dollar?

 

What percentage is the dollar undervalued or overvalued in relation to the DKK?

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