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  The demand curve for Conan’s airport car rental business is downward sloping. With only this information, it can be concluded that Conan’s business  

  Market-created and government-created barriers  

  What is the primary benefit of price discrimination?  

  The equation of a firm’s marginal revenue (MR) curve is estimated to be MR = 50 – 2Q (quantity), and the equation of its marginal cost (MC) curve is estimated to be MC = 8 + 4Q. The profit-maximizing quantity for this firm is  

  Colleges typically charge __________ tuition rates for out-of-state students because their demand is __________.  

  Control of resources is an example of  

  Suppose a monopolist lowers the price of its product from $100 to $90, and the quantity that the firm is able to sell increases from 150 to 200. The net change in revenue associated with the price and output effects combined is equal to  

  Raising capital to compete against an entrenched monopolist  

  Patents and copyright law  

  The profit-maximizing rule for a monopolist is