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New study reveals how mergers impact market competition and consumer choice.

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A Characterization of the Herfindahl Hirschman Index and its use in the Horizontal Merger Guidelines
Hernán Vallejo

Paper Summary

The Herfindahl Hirschman Index is used by the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to analyze market concentration in mergers. The index shows how many firms are in a market and the market share of the biggest one. This helps understand how mergers affect competition. The goal is to make it easier to see if mergers will change market dynamics.

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