When Judging the Anticompetitive Effects of a Horizontal Merger, the FTC

Multiple Choice

When judging the anticompetitive effects of a horizontal merger, the FTC and Justice Department are likely to look most closely at the:

A) combined concentration ratio of the merged firms.
B) size of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index but not the change in the index.
C) change in the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index but not the size of the index.
D) size of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index and the change in the index.