Which of the Following Is False

question 72

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false?

• A)In general,the deregulation of the airlines and interstate trucking industries led to higher costs and higher prices.
• B)Since the early 1980s the size of companies acquired in mergers has been getting larger.
• C)The rule of reason is partially in force today as firms are subject to prosecution if they control 60% of the relevant market and have behaved badly toward their competitors.
• D)When two firms in the same industry form one larger company it is called a horizontal merger.

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Definitions:

Single-Index Structure

A model in finance that relates the return of an asset to a single market index, representing the asset's sensitivity to movements in the market.

Covariances

A measure of how two variables move together, indicating the degree to which they are related.

Regression Equation

An equation that represents the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Adjusted Beta

A measure that takes a security's historical beta, adjusting it to account for changes in market volatility and the security's risk relative to the overall market.