The Purpose of the Horizontal Merger Guidelines Developed by the Department

question 70

True/False

The purpose of the Horizontal Merger Guidelines developed by the Department of Justice and the FTC is to prevent customers from being harmed by the increased market power that might result from a merger of two or more firms.

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