Include the two questions that you selected to discuss at the top of your initial posting.

• What conditions must exist for a firm to be able to price discriminate? Provide an example.
• How do economists use the Hirschman -Herfindahl Index? Provide an example.
• Why are economic analyses of clinical and healthcare operations important? How can a healthcare leader apply this to their operations?
• What factors allow a firm to have monopoly profits? What should a healthcare manager need to know?
• What are the pros and cons of merger activity? Why would the government want to prevent mergers?
• What are the characteristics of monopolistic competition? Provide an example.
• Why is understanding market structure important in health economics, what does it impact?