A meal at a McDonalds restaurant in New York costs $8. The identical meal at a McDonalds

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A meal at a McDonald’s restaurant in New York costs $8. The identical meal at a McDonald’s restaurant in London costs £4. According to the purchasing-power-parity theory of exchange rates, the exchange rate between U.S. dollars and British pounds should tend to move toward: 

a. $2 = £1.

b. $1 = £2.

c. $4 = £1.

d. $1 = £4. 

Exchange Rate
The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another. Exchange Rate means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars...
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Microeconomics Principles, Problems and Policies

ISBN: 978-1259450242

20th edition

Authors: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn

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