Economists Played a Key Role in the Development of Merger

question 137

Multiple Choice

Economists played a key role in the development of merger guidelines by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in 1982.These guidelines have three main parts.What are these parts?

• A)concentration ratios; the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; market standards
• B)concentration standards; concentration ratios; competitive analysis
• C)economic analysis; political analysis; dynamic analysis
• D)market definition; measure of concentration; merger standards

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