Which of the following statements regarding the Law of One Price is incorrect?
A) At any point in time, the price of two equivalent goods trading in different competitive markets will be the same.
B) One useful consequence of the Law of One Price is that when evaluating costs and benefits to compute a net present value, we can use any competitive price to determine a cash value, without checking the price in all possible markets.
C) If equivalent goods or securities trade simultaneously in different competitive markets, then they will trade for the same price in both markets.
D) An important property of the Law of One Price is that it holds even in markets where arbitrage is not possible.

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This statement is incorrect as the Law of One Price holds only in markets where arbitrage is possible. If it were not possible to exploit any price difference between two markets, goods and securities would trade at different prices in different markets.

Which of the Following Statements Regarding the Law of One