Consider a Market That Has Three Firms with the Following

question 43

Multiple Choice

Consider a market that has three firms with the following market shares:
Firm A 25 percent
Firm B 55 percent
Firm C 20 percent
Suppose Firm A wants to acquire Firm C so that the post-acquisition market would exhibit the following shares:
A + C = 45 percent
B = 55 percent
What is the change in the HHI resulting from the merger?

• A) 1,000
• B) 4,050
• C) 5,050
• D) No change

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