If nations erect tariffs and quotas to restrict trade, what is likely to happen to predicted values of currencies drawn from the purchasing power parity theory?

a. They will be understated for tariffs and overstated for quotas.
b. They will be overstated for tariffs and understated for quotas.
c. They will be the correct values.
d. They will be incorrect.


d

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