The U.S. antitrust enforcers determine whether a merger violates antitrust laws by examining

A) both the resulting change in the HHI and the level of post-merger HHI.
B) only the resulting change in the HHI but not the level of HHI after the merger.
C) both the size of the market after the merger and the profits of the mergers.
D) whether the mergers are monopolies before they merge.


Answer: A

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