(All Steps) Explain how the industry rate of return can be used to infer the degree of competitiveness in the industry and its market structure. Explain


Question:

  1. Explain how the industry rate of return can be used to infer the degree of competitiveness in the industry and its market structure.
  2. Explain why increasing the number of firms in an industry decreases the Lerner Index when everything else is held constant.
  3. Suppose that the (national domestic) four-firm concentration ratio of Industry X, usually denoted as CR(4), is much higher today than it was 50 years ago. Explain how because of a falling transportation costs Industry X may be more competitive today that it was 50 years ago.

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