A Horizontal Merger Is One in Which the Merging Firms

question 9

Multiple Choice

A horizontal merger is one in which the merging firms:

• A) are about the same size.
• B) produce the same good in the same industry.
• C) will control greater than 50 percent of the market.
• D) have never directly competed in the past.

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