Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

1. The U.S. government would never approve a proposed merger between two firms that could significantly increase the newly merged firm's market power even if the efficiency gains from the newly merged firm could make consumers better off.

2. Merger guidelines developed by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice use four-firm concentration ratios as measures of concentration.

3. Local or state offices of the Department of Justice usually set prices for natural monopolies in their jurisdictions.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE

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