Herfindahlhirschman index hhi stands for the herfindahlhirschman index, a commonly accepted measure of market concentration. For more details on it including licensing, click here. Macroeconomics by mankiw pdf is one of the best and popular books in macroeconomics for ba, b. Measurement of specialization the choice of indices econstor. Principles of microeconomics textbook covers the breath of microeconomic. Marketing strategy microeconomics n50 statistic a measure of concentration used in. It is calculated by squaring the market share of each firm competing in the market and then summing the resulting numbers. Principles of microeconomics open textbook library.
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