The Square of the Percentage Market Share of Each Firm

question 54

Multiple Choice

The square of the percentage market share of each firm summed over the 50 largest firms in a market is the

• A) elasticity of demand value.
• B) elasticity of supply value.
• C) Herfindahl-Hirschman Index.
• D) four-firm concentration ratio.
• E) fifty-firm concentration ratio.

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