Sue Is Housebound

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Sue is housebound. She feels faint if she thinks of leaving the house, and she must use elaborate alibis to avoid getting into her car, getting on the freeway, or even going to the market. She is suffering from

Definitions:

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index

The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is a measure of market concentration used to determine the level of competition within an industry, calculated by squaring the market share of each firm competing in the market and summing the resulting numbers.

Market Share

The share of the market held by a certain company or product.

Collusion

An agreement between firms to limit competition and manipulate markets in their favor, often in ways that are illegal or unethical.

Monopolist

A monopolist is an entity that has exclusive control over the supply of a particular good or service, facing no competition in its market.