The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index Is a Measure of Market Power That

question 65

Multiple Choice

The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index is a measure of market power that focuses on:

• A)the ratio of the price of a firm's product to the price elasticity of demand for the product.
• B)the share of the market controlled by the X largest firms in the market.
• C)the sum of the squares of the market share of each firm in an industry.
• D)the difference between a firm's product price and its marginal costs of production.

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