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Price elasticity of demand and transportation costs

When the price elasticity of demand for Japanese cars is higher within Europe than into the U.S. and transportation costs are very similar, relative to the price charged in Europe, there the price a discriminating Japanese carmaker would American buyers would be as: (w) a lower. (x) a higher. (y) the same. (z) a less profitable

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