The Balassa-Samuelson Effect explains why price levels and service costs are systematically higher in:

APoorer, agrarian economies

BRicher, highly productive economies

CHigh-tariff protectionist nations

DLandlocked countries

Explanation

Higher productivity in tradable sectors of rich nations bids up wages in non-tradable service sectors, raising overall domestic price levels.

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