Suppose that a small town has seven burger shops whose respective shares of the local hamburger market are (as percentages of all hamburgers sold): 27%, 26%, 23%, 11%, 7%, 4%, and 2%. Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers. What is the four-firm concentration ratio of the hamburger industry in this town? 0%. What is the Herfindahl index for the hamburger industry in this town? If the top three sellers combined to form a single firm, what would happen to the four-firm concentration ratio and to the Herfindahl index? The four-firm concentration ratio would be 0%.

Suppose that a small town has seven burger shops whose respective shares of the local hamburger market are (as percentages of all hamburgers sold): 27%, 26%, 23%, 11%, 7%, 4%, and 2%. Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers. What is the four-firm concentration ratio of the hamburger industry in this town? 0%. What is the Herfindahl index for the hamburger industry in this town? If the top three sellers combined to form a single firm, what would happen to the four-firm concentration ratio and to the Herfindahl index? The four-firm concentration ratio would be 0%.

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