Law of One
Price
Law of One Price
A P P L I C AT I O N
Recently, the yen price of Japanese steel has increased by 10% (to 11 000 yen)
relative to the dollar price of Canadian steel (unchanged at $100). By what
amount must the dollar increase or decrease in value for the law of one price to
hold true?
Solution
For the law of one price to hold, the exchange rate must rise to 110 yen per dollar,
which is a 10% appreciation of the dollar.
The exchange rate rises to 110 yen so that the price of Japanese steel in dol-
lars remains unchanged at $100 (
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11 000 yen/110 yen per dollar). In other words,
the 10% depreciation of the yen (10% appreciation of the dollar) just offsets the
10% increase in the yen price of the Japanese steel.
One of the most prominent theories of how exchange rates are determined is the
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