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Firm A and Firm B are the only two companies that sell mail-order DVD rental subscriptions. For several years, Firm A priced its subscriptions below average variable cost. Firm B tried to compete by also selling subscriptions below average variable cost, but went bankrupt and exited the market. Several months after Firm B exited the market, Firm A raised prices by 40 percent and is currently earning large, positive economic profits. Based only on this information, an argument can be made that:. A. the mail-order DVD rental subscription market is a monopolistically competitive market.
B. Firm A engaged in predatory pricing.
C. Firm B must have made bad business decisions because it went bankrupt.
D. Firm B engaged in predatory pricing.
E. FirmA and Firm B must have had a collusive agreement

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