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Methods note

Methods and Measures

Explanatory notes on concentration measures, denominators, thresholds, source construction, and the limits of descriptive competition evidence.
Edition field1 current edition
  1. 01
Cell = one permanent editionFill follows evidence-unit count within this series
Current editions
1
1 publication year
Research themes
2
declared memberships
Geographies
1
1 research scope
Source links
3
reviewed through Jul 17, 2026

Series contract. Methods notes explain how a measure can be read and where it stops. They do not convert screening conventions into legal findings or causal estimates.

Evidence standard

Institutional mandate

What this collection is for.

Mandate

Explanatory notes on concentration measures, denominators, thresholds, source construction, and the limits of descriptive competition evidence.

Interpretation boundary

Methods notes explain how a measure can be read and where it stops. They do not convert screening conventions into legal findings or causal estimates.

Primary audience
Analysts, students, reporters, and public-interest researchers
Output
Methods note
First edition
May 16, 2026
Latest edition
May 16, 2026

Coverage profile

Themes, scopes, and evidence volume

Counts are edition memberships, not weights or scores.

Declared themes

  1. Market structure1100% of series editions
  2. Methods and public data1100% of series editions

Research scopes

  1. U.S. domestic research1100% of editions
Evidence units
3
Source links
3
Current editions
1
Source clock
Jul 17, 2026

Edition register

1 citable edition

  1. AR-MM-2026-01Version 1.0

    Methodology primer / United States

    How HHI Helps Explain Market Concentration

    A short public-interest guide to reading descriptive concentration metrics.
    • Market structure
    • Methods and public data
    Published
    May 16, 2026
    Sources reviewed
    Jul 17, 2026
    Evidence
    3 cited sources
    Source links
    3

Series relationship register

Exact overlap with the other five collections

Structural zeros remain visible.
SeriesShared themesShared scopeSame formatRoute
Competition Research BriefsMarketsus-domesticYesCompare
Public Data NotesMethodsus-domesticYesCompare
State of CompetitionMarketsus-domesticYesCompare
Competition InsightsMarketsus-domesticNoCompare
International Competition Policy Evidence Briefs0 / no declared overlap0 / separate scopeNoCompare

Theme overlap describes exact shared taxonomy memberships only. It does not establish shared findings, methods, quality, or policy implications.

Collection citation

Antitrust Radar. (2026). Methods and Measures [Publication series]. Antitrust Radar.

Open edition citations