Assume that the expectation of declining housing prices cause households to reduce their demand for new houses and the financing that accompanies it. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the real risk-free interest rate and the nominal value of the domestic currency in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. The real risk-free interest rate rises, and nominal value of the domestic currency falls.
b. The real risk-free interest rate falls, and nominal value of the domestic currency falls.
c. The real risk-free interest rate rises, and nominal value of the domestic currency remains the same.
d. The real risk-free interest rate falls, and nominal value of the domestic currency rises.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
.D
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A. Columbia has a comparative advantage in producing papayas but not bananas. B. These countries would increase combined consumption if they specialized and traded. C. These countries cannot gain from trading. D. Columbia has a comparative advantage in producing papayas and bananas.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. income taxes b. payroll taxes c. intergovernmental revenues d. estate taxation
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