Problem 3. An economist writing a column in a well-known paper makes the following announcement. “There are good news and bad news. The good news is Turkey had a temporary beneficial productivity shock that will increase output; the bad news is that the increase in output and income will lead domestic consumers to buy more imported goods, and our current account balance will fall." Assuming that Turkish economy is a small open economy, analyze this statement (is it true or false?, why?) taking as given that a beneficial productivity shock has indeed occurred.

Problem 3. An economist writing a column in a well-known paper makes the following announcement. “There are good news and bad news. The good news is Turkey had a temporary beneficial productivity shock that will increase output; the bad news is that the increase in output and income will lead domestic consumers to buy more imported goods, and our current account balance will fall." Assuming that Turkish economy is a small open economy, analyze this statement (is it true or false?, why?) taking as given that a beneficial productivity shock has indeed occurred.

Principles of Economics 2e

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Chapter23: The International Trade And Capital Flows

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Problem 45P: Table 23.7 provides some hypothetical data on macroeconomic accounts for three countries represented...

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