An industry is composed of Firm 1, which controls 70 percent of the market, Firm 2 with

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An industry is composed of Firm 1, which controls 70 percent of the market, Firm 2 with 15 percent of the market, and Firm 3 with 5 percent of the market. About 20 firms of approximately equal size divide the remaining 10 percent of the market. Calculate the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index before and after the merger of Firm 2 and Firm 3 (assume that the combined market share after the merger is 20 percent). Would you view a merger of Firm 2 with Firm 3 as procompetitive or anticompetitive? Explain.

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Managerial economics applications strategy and tactics

ISBN: 978-1439079232

12th Edition

Authors: James r. mcguigan, R. Charles Moyer, frederick h. deb harris

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