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If Enforcement of Antitrust Laws Caused the Two Largest Firms

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  If enforcement of antitrust laws caused the two largest firms in this table to be divided in half, with each half having equal market share, the industry's four-firm concentration ratio would ____ and its Herfindahl index would ____. A) fall; fall B) fall; rise C) remain the same; rise D) remain the same; fall If enforcement of antitrust laws caused the two largest firms in this table to be divided in half, with each half having equal market share, the industry's four-firm concentration ratio would ____ and its Herfindahl index would ____.


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