Suppose quotas are imposed on the importation of avocados. This has the effect of ______ the domestic price of avocados, as well as having the effect of ______ the imported price of avocados. ? increasing; decreasing ? decreasing; increasing ? decreasing; decreasing ? increasing; increasing
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