A market initially has 20 firms, each with a 5 percent market share. of the firms, 55 propose to merge, leaving a total of 1616 firms in the industry. are the department of justice and the federal trade commission likely to oppose the merger?
The publishers would want to continue signing such contracts because this would allow them to keep prices higher.The figure to the right shows the result of firms in a competitive marketmerging to form a monopoly. Use thefigure to determine producer and consumer surplus beforethe merger and producer and consumer surplus after themerger. Assume that there are efficiency gains from the merger.
