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Choose two pricing strategies that were discussed in Chapter (Pricing Strategies for Firms with Market Power) that you would implement as the firm manager.

Survey Of Economics

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337111522

Author:Tucker, Irvin B.

Publisher:Tucker, Irvin B.

Chapter9: Monopolistic Competition And Oligoply

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 18SQ

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