Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. at Political Glossary

What is it? A measure for assessing the degree of market concentration, this index is useful for the administration of antitrust policy. If the sum of the squared market shares of the firms in a given market exceeds some fixed quantity, such as 1,800, further merger

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