3. Suppose we have two markets, A and B, each consisting of seven firms. The market shares of the 5 largest firms (ordered by market share) are shown in the table below. Firm rank Market share (%) Market A Market B 20 22 20 20 3 20 20 20 15 15 15 Select the false statement. The CR3 and CR4 concentration ratios both point to the same market (either A or B) having more market power. The 6th largest firm in market B captures less than 8 percent of the market. The HHI of market B is at most 1,798 (in units of squared percent). (Hint: for positive x and y, (r + y)2 = 2? + y? + 2xy 2 z? + y².) The HHI of market A is definitely larger than the HHI of market B. More than one statement are false. All statements are true.
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- Suppose we have two markets, A and B, each consisting of seven firms. The market shares of the 5 largest firms (ordered by market share) are shown in the table below. True or false? (i) The CR3 and CR4 concentration ratios both point to the same market (either A or B) having more market power. (ii) The 6th largest firm in market B captures at most 8 percent of the market. (iii) The HHI of market B is at most 1,798 (in units of squared percent). (Hint: for positive x and y, (x+y)2=x2+y2+2xy≥x2+y2.) (iv) The HHI of market A is definitely larger than the HHI of market B.Consider a market with four firms. Suppose the first firm has a 39% market share, the second firm has a 30% market share, the third firm has a 20% market share, and the fourth firm has a 11% market share. Using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), what is this market's level of concentration? Now suppose the third and fourth firms propose to merge. Were they to merge, then the market's HHI would increase to? Given the increase in the HHI that would be caused by the proposed merger, would the government likely allow such a merger to occur?You are the manager in a market composed of 20 firms, each of which has a 5.00 percent market share. In addition, each firm has a strong financial position and is located within a 100-mile radius of its competitors. a. Calculate the premerger Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) for this market? b. Suppose that any two of these firms merge. What is the postmerger HHI? c. Based only on the information contained in this question and on the U.S. Department of Justice Horizontal Merger Guidelines described in this chapter, do you think the Justice Department would attempt to block a merger between any two of the firms?multiple choice It may but will also consider other factors. It likely will not. It likely will.
- Based only on the knowledge that the premerger market share of two firms proposing to merge was 30 percent each, an economist working for the Justice Department was able to determine that, if approved, the postmerger HHI would increase by 1,800. How was the economist able to draw this conclusion without knowledge of the other firms’ market shares? From this information, can you devise a general rule explaining how the Herfindahl-Hirschman index is affected when exactly two firms in the market merge?1.Microsoft is one of the leading software companies. Prior to 2000, Microsoft’s share of the market for personal computer operating systems stood above 80 per cent. However, since the twenty-first century Microsoft’s market share has steadily declined to 40 per cent. This is due to the rise in competing software producers such as Apple macOS (10%), Google's Android OS (35%), Linux Operating System (35%), and Apple iOS (5%). The market share of each company is provided in parentheses. Google and Linux have decided that it would be in their best interest to work together to serve the market. This is not common knowledge to the person’s outside of the companies. i. Draw how equilibrium price and quantity are determined in this industry. Hi does this refer to the monopoly market structure diagrams? 2. Allsmart’s demand curve is given by Q=10-P for its dishwashers. The marginal and average cost is $3 per dishwasher produced. Complete the following table. Photo below concerns…1. Exercise 16.2 An industry is composed of Firm 1, which controls 50 percent of the market, Firm 2 with 30 percent of the market, and Firm 3 with 10 percent of the market. About 20 firms of approximately equal size divide the remaining 10 percent of the market. What is the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index for the industry? (Hint: Assume the 20 firms that make up 10 percent of the market constitute one firm.)What will the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index be if Firm 2 and Firm 3 merge? (Hint: Assume that the combined market share after the merger is 40 percent) Based on the HHI scores, will the government consider the merger of Firm 2 with Firm 3 to be procompetitive or anticompetitive? Anticompetitive Procompetiti
- Suppose that a small town has six burger shops whose respective shares of the local market are (as percentages of all hamburgers sold): 26%, 20%, 18%, 14%, 12%, 10%, Assume that the largest producer now purchases the third largest firm (based market share) so that this new combined firm has the same market share as old firm 1 and old firm 3 combined. Compute the new third-firm concentration ratio and to the new HHI?Suppose that there are 8 firms in a market, 3 firms produce 90% of the goods (each produces 30%) and 5 small firms produce the remaining 10% of the output (each produces 2%) (1) What is the value of the Herfindahl-Hirshman index in this market? Please show all your calculation. Points will be deducted if there is only a number without middle steps. Hint: it would be a number between 0 and 1. (2) A market is considered as "concentrated" if its HHI is greater than 0.18 and "highly concentrated" if HHI is greater than 0.25. Based on your calculation in the last question, what would you say about the market?Consider two industries, each comprising ten firms. In industry A, the largest firm has a market share of 49 percent. The next three firms have market shares of 7 percent each, and the remaining six firms have equal shares of 5 percent each. In industry B, the top four firms share the bulk of the market with 19 percent apiece. The next largest firm accounts for 14 percent, and the smallest five firms equally split the remaining 10 percent of the industry. a. Compute the four-firm concentration ratio and HI for each industry. Compare these measures across the two industries. Which industry do you think truly exhibits a more competitive structure? Which measure do you think gives a better indication of this? Explain. b. Now let the three second largest firms in industry A merge their operations while holding onto their combined 21 percent market share. Recalculate the HI for industry A. Note:- Do not provide handwritten solution. Maintain accuracy and quality in your answer. Take care…
- Consider a market with four firms. Suppose the first firm has a 54% market share, the second firm has a 30% market share, the third firm has a 15% market share, and the fourth firm has a 1% market share. Using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), what is this market's level of concentration? —- . (Enter a numeric response using an integer.)A few years ago, US antitrust officials faced the following case. Nestle, producers of Haagen-Dazs wanted to merger with Dreyers, another producer of what is called “superpremium” ice cream. Those opposing the merger pointed about the combined market share of Nestles and Dreyers would be 56% so that along with Unilever, producer of Breyers and Ben&Jerrys, three firms would sell 97% of this half-billion dollar market. Those in favor of the merger countered that the total supermarket ice cream sales are much greater, in excess of $1 billion because consumers can choose non-superpremium ice cream in which Nestle and Dreyer would command only 22% of the market and Unilver an additional 21%. What is the best way to measure the market for ice cream: superpremium or all supermarket ice cream? Should the merger have been allowed?1. In a homogenous good Bertrand duopoly model with complete and symmetric information the Bertrand paradox arises because the firms compete using _________ as their choice variable. 2. Suppose there is an industry with nine firms where two of them have a market share of 0.2, three of them have a market share of 0.1 and the remaining firms have a market share of 0.075. The 4 firm concentration ratio is______. (two decimal accuracy)