City Bank currently has a 60 percent market share in banking services, fol- lowed by NationsBank with

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City Bank currently has a 60 percent market share in banking services, fol- lowed by NationsBank with 20 percent and State Bank with 20 percent.

a. What is the concentration ratio as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)?

b. If City Bank acquires State Bank, what will be the new HHI?

c. Assume that the Justice Department will allow mergers as long as the changes in HHI do not exceed 1,400. What is the minimum amount of assets that City Bank will have to divest after it merges with State Bank? LO.1 

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