The Percentage of All Sales Contributed by the Leading Firms

question 161

Multiple Choice

The percentage of all sales contributed by the leading firms in an industry is known as

• A) the Herfindahl index.
• B) the Hirschman index.
• C) the zero sum.
• D) the concentration ratio.

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