Microeconomics
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259655500
Author: David C Colander
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 2IP
(a)
To determine
Three assumptions of the law of one price.
(b)
To determine
Wages of labor and the law of one price.
(c)
To determine
Capital and the law of one price.
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