The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index Is the ________ of the Percentage Market

question 174

Multiple Choice

The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index is the ________ of the percentage market share of each firm summed over the largest 50 firms in a market.

• A) sum
• B) square
• C) square root
• D) cube
• E) negative

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method in behavioral psychology for teaching complex behaviors by rewarding closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Spontaneous Recovery

In learning theory, the reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of lessened response.

Extinct Response

The diminishing or disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer provided.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned response to be triggered by stimuli that are similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus.