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Definition

The Lerner Rule or Lerner Condition is that if a firm with enough market power (e.g. a monopolist) maximizes profits then it will choose its price and production so that the Lerner Index is the negative reciprocal of the elasticity of demand facing the firm (note that this is not necessarily the same as the market elasticity of demand):