7. Answer the following questions, which relate to measures of concentration: LO3 a. What is the meaning
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7. Answer the following questions, which relate to measures of concentration: LO3
a. What is the meaning of a four-firm concentration ratio of 60 percent? 90 percent? What are the shortcomings of concentration ratios as measures of monopoly power?
b. Suppose that the five firms in industry A have annual sales of 30, 30, 20, 10, and 10 percent of total industry sales. For the five firms in industry B, the figures are 60, 25, 5, 5, and 5 percent. Calculate the Herfindahl index for each industry and compare their likely competitiveness.
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Economics Principles Problems And Policies
ISBN: 9780073511443
19th Edition
Authors: Campbell Mcconnell ,Stanley Brue ,Sean Flynn
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