2. Merger Concepts Indicate whether you think the following claims regarding takeovers are trule or false. In each case, provide a brief explanation for your answer. a. By merging competitors, takeovers have created monopolies that will raise product prices, reduce production, and harm consumers. b. Managers act in their own interests at times and in reality may not be answerable to shareholders. Takeovers may reflect runaway management. c. In an efficient market, takeovers would not occur because market prices would reflect the trile value of corporations. Thus, bidding firmss would not be justified in paying premiumss above market prices for target firms. d. Traders and institutional investors, having extremely short time horizons, are influenced by their perceptions of what other market traders will be thiinkiing of stock prospects and do not value takeovers based on fundamental factors. Thus, they will sell shares in target firms despite the true value of the firms. e. Mergers are a way of avoiding taxes because they allow the acquiring firm to wiite up the value of the assets of the acquired firm. f. Acquisitions analysis frequlently focuses on the total value of the firms involved. An acquisition, however, will usually affect relative values of stocks and bonds, as well as their total value