1. Suppose that a small town has seven burger shops whose respective shares of the local hamburger...
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1. Suppose that a small town has seven burger shops whose respective shares of the local hamburger market are (as percentages of all hamburgers sold) 23, 22, 18, 12, 11, 8, and 6 percent. What is the four-firm concentration ratio of the hamburger industry in this town? What is the Herfindahl index for the hamburger industry in this town? If the top three sellers combined to form a single firm, what would happen to the four-firm concentration ratio and to the Herfindahl index? [LO12.1]
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Microeconomics
ISBN: 9781108420969
15th Canadian Edition
Authors: Campbell R. Mcconnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean M. Flynn, Thomas P. Barbiero
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