Suppose that a small town has seven burger shops whose respective shares of the local hamburger market

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Suppose that a small town has seven burger shops whose respective shares of the local hamburger market are (as percentages of all hamburgers sold): 23%, 22%, 18%, 12%, 11%, 8%, and 6%. What is the four ‐ firm concentration ratio of the hamburger industry in this town? What is the Herfindahl index for the hamburger industry in this town? If the top three sellers combined to form a single firm, what would happen to the four ‐ firm concentration ratio and to the Herfindahl index?

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Microeconomics Principles, Problems and Policies

ISBN: 978-1259450242

20th edition

Authors: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn

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