Marshall-Lerner condition

Meaning

Noun

  • The condition that an exchange rate devaluation or depreciation will only cause a balance of trade improvement if the absolute sum of the long run export and import demand elasticities is equal to, or greater than 1.

Origin

  • Named after Alfred Marshall and Abba P. Lerner.

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