__________ are most likely to raise the eyebrows of antitrust officials while ______ are not.
A) Price discriminators; predatory pricers
B) Conglomerate mergers; vertical mergers
C) Horizontal mergers; conglomerate mergers
D) Low Herfindahl-Hirschman indices; high Herfindahl-Hirschman indices
E) Patent sales; patent purchases

Question

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Horizontal mergers are more likely to raise antitrust concerns because they involve companies at the same stage of production in the same industry, which can reduce competition. Conglomerate mergers, involving companies in unrelated businesses, are less likely to affect market competition in a way that concerns antitrust officials.

__________ Are Most Likely to Raise the Eyebrows of Antitrust