When Judging the Anticompetitive Effects of a Horizontal Merger, the FTC

question 90

Multiple Choice

When judging the anticompetitive effects of a horizontal merger, the FTC and Justice Department are likely to look most closely at the:

• A) combined concentration ratio of the merged firms.
• B) size of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index but not the change in the index.
• C) change in the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index but not the size of the index.
• D) size of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index and the change in the index.

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