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Two goods that are used in place of each other are called ________ goods.

  Compare and contrast the following phrases:a. normal good versus inferior goodb. substitute good versus complementary goodc. a supply curve versus a supply scheduled. the law of demand versus the law of supply  

  The fast food and bottled water industries are all examples of  

  Suppose a monopolist lowers the price of its product from $60 to $50, and the quantity it is able to sell increases from 200 to 350. The change in the monopolist’s total revenue is equal to  

  Pitchers in professional baseball use a sticky substance on the baseball to increase the rotational speed of their pitches. One company is the sole supplier of the substance, because only this company knows where ingredients for the substance can be obtained. Which barrier to entry exists in the baseball sticky substance market?  

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  Catherine’s Pet Shop operates in a monopolistically competitive industry. Catherine’s Pet Shop just introduced parrots as a new pet offering and Catherine is trying to set the price per pair. Which of the following should Catherine consider when pricing the parrots for her profit-maximizing monopolistically competitive firm?  

  If a firm is unable to distinguish which of its buyers has inelastic demand and which has a relatively elastic demand, then the firm will be unable to price discriminate because it will  

  Firms engage in price discrimination primarily to  

Refer to the information in the accompanying table. Without any calculations, we know that sushi is a(n)Price (per roll)Quantity Demanded (income = $10,000/year) Quantity Demanded (income = $30,000/year) $1 5 9 $2 4 8 $3 3 7 $4 2 6 $5 1 5