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Guess as to what might be the four firm concentration ratio for corn growers in the United States (knowing there are about 40,000 just in Iowa)? And what might be the carbonated soft drink producer's four firm concentration ratio, an industry that heavily depends upon high fructose corn syrup as a key ingredient?

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Four-Firm Concentration Ratio
Concentration ratios and indexes are used to measure a firm's concentration in an industry at one point in time. The numbers derived from the ratios and indexes assist in gauging the competitive or monopolistic environment in a given industry. One of the ...

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