Horizontal Merger Occurs When

question 142

Multiple Choice

Horizontal merger occurs when

• A) two firms merge where one had sold its output to the other as an input.
• B) the merger moves the combined firm onto the horizontal portion of its long-run average cost curve.
• C) two firms merge where each is about the same size.
• D) two firms producing a similar product merge.

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Definitions:

T Test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two groups which may be related in certain features.

One-tailed Test

A statistical test that determines the direction of a relationship between variables, assessing whether one mean is greater than or less than another.

Two-tailed Test

A statistical test that considers both directions of an effect or relationship, testing for the possibility of positive or negative differences.

ANOVA Test

A statistical method used to determine if there are any statistically significant differences between the means of three or more independent groups.