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| "Open Parenthesis" The wholesale price charged by the manufacturer, (P subscript W), less the marginal cost of production (MC subscript M) "closed parenthesis" divided by the wholesale price (P subscript W) is equal to the negative inverse of the price elasticity of demand for the manufacturer (eta subscript (Q subscript M), (P subscript W)). |
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