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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?

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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.
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