1. Which of the following are legal and acceptable reasons for the high level of merger activity in the 
U.S. during the
1980s?
a. Synergistic benefits arising from mergers.
b. A profitable firm acquires a firm with large accumulated tax losses
that my be carried forward.
c. Attempts to stabilize earnings by diversifying.
d. Purchase of assets below their
replacement costs.
e. Reduction in competition resulting from mergers.