Exam 9: A Managers Guide to Antitrust Policy

Price fixing is an agreement among competing managers to _the prices of the products they are selling or to _the prices of the inputs they are buying.

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Question 21

A popular shoe company has a 'buy one, get one half price' offer in which customers who purchase one pair of shoes can purchase a second pair at half price. This is an example of_ and is_ .

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Question 22

Exclusive dealing contracts and requirements contracts are procompetitive as they encourage advertising.

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Question 23

The manager of Healthy Bars should avoid all of the following topics except which one when speaking to managers of Healthy Snacks, a competitor firm?

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Question 24

An antitrust agency is identifying the product market for Good X and determines that Good X and Good Y have a cross- price elasticity of 0.04. As a result of the cross- price elasticity, the antitrust agency is likely to _Good Y from Good X's product market as the products __ compete as close substitutes.

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Question 25

To identify the product market, antitrust agencies use

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Question 26

Section 3 of the Clayton Act prevents an individual from sitting on the boards of directors of two competing firms.

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Question 27

Mergers that significantly impede effective competition are _____.

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Question 28

Three firms agree to operate as a monopoly and charge the monopoly price of $50 for their product and (jointly)produce the monopoly quantity of 10,000 units. If the competitive price for the product is $35, under the Clayton Act these three firms face treble damages of_______ .

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Question 29

All of the following are examples of illegal per se activities except which one?

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Question 30

An exclusive dealing contract is a _contractual requirement that _.

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Question 31

It is possible for a horizontal merger to increase the total surplus in the market.

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Question 32

The European Union antitrust law focuses on which of the following?

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Question 33

If the merger of two firms is challenged by an antitrust agency, one possible solution is for the firms to_____ .

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Question 34

In recent years, almost_______ percent of managers convicted of violating the Sherman Act have gone to prison.

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Question 35

If there are five firms in a market and each has an equal market share, the Herfindahl- Hirschman Index (HHI)is_____ .

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Question 36

Three firms agree to operate as a monopoly and charge the monopoly price of $80 for their product and (jointly)produce the monopoly quantity of 5,000 units. If the competitive price for the product is $40, under the Clayton Act these three firms face treble damages of_______ .

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Question 37

A merger will usually be challenged if which of the following is expected to occur as a result of the merger?

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Question 38

If a tire manufacturer agrees to sell its tires to an automobile producer on the contractual condition that the automobile producer purchases 100 percent of its tires needed from the tire manufacturer, this is an example of_____ .

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Question 39

All of the following are required to make a tying arrangement vulnerable to antitrust prosecution except which one?

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Price fixing is an agreement among competing managers to _the prices of the products they are selling or to _the prices of the inputs they are buying.

A popular shoe company has a 'buy one, get one half price' offer in which customers who purchase one pair of shoes can purchase a second pair at half price. This is an example of_ and is_ .

Exclusive dealing contracts and requirements contracts are procompetitive as they encourage advertising.

The manager of Healthy Bars should avoid all of the following topics except which one when speaking to managers of Healthy Snacks, a competitor firm?

To identify the product market, antitrust agencies use

Section 3 of the Clayton Act prevents an individual from sitting on the boards of directors of two competing firms.

Mergers that significantly impede effective competition are _____.

Three firms agree to operate as a monopoly and charge the monopoly price of $50 for their product and (jointly)produce the monopoly quantity of 10,000 units. If the competitive price for the product is $35, under the Clayton Act these three firms face treble damages of_______ .

All of the following are examples of illegal per se activities except which one?

An exclusive dealing contract is a _contractual requirement that _.

It is possible for a horizontal merger to increase the total surplus in the market.

The European Union antitrust law focuses on which of the following?

If the merger of two firms is challenged by an antitrust agency, one possible solution is for the firms to_____ .

In recent years, almost_______ percent of managers convicted of violating the Sherman Act have gone to prison.

If there are five firms in a market and each has an equal market share, the Herfindahl- Hirschman Index (HHI)is_____ .

Three firms agree to operate as a monopoly and charge the monopoly price of $80 for their product and (jointly)produce the monopoly quantity of 5,000 units. If the competitive price for the product is $40, under the Clayton Act these three firms face treble damages of_______ .

A merger will usually be challenged if which of the following is expected to occur as a result of the merger?

If a tire manufacturer agrees to sell its tires to an automobile producer on the contractual condition that the automobile producer purchases 100 percent of its tires needed from the tire manufacturer, this is an example of_____ .

All of the following are required to make a tying arrangement vulnerable to antitrust prosecution except which one?

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Perfect Competition

Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition

Cartels and Oligopoly

Game Theory and Oligopoly

Advanced Pricing Decisions

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Decisions About Production, Products, and Location

Marketing Decisions: Advertising and Promotion

Business Decisions Under Uncertainty

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Exam 9: A Managers Guide to Antitrust Policy

Price fixing is an agreement among competing managers to _______the prices of the products they are selling or to _______the prices of the inputs they are buying.

A popular shoe company has a 'buy one, get one half price' offer in which customers who purchase one pair of shoes can purchase a second pair at half price. This is an example of_______ and is_______ .

Exclusive dealing contracts and requirements contracts are procompetitive as they encourage advertising.

The manager of Healthy Bars should avoid all of the following topics except which one when speaking to managers of Healthy Snacks, a competitor firm?

To identify the product market, antitrust agencies use

Section 3 of the Clayton Act prevents an individual from sitting on the boards of directors of two competing firms.

Mergers that significantly impede effective competition are _____.

Three firms agree to operate as a monopoly and charge the monopoly price of $50 for their product and (jointly)produce the monopoly quantity of 10,000 units. If the competitive price for the product is $35, under the Clayton Act these three firms face treble damages of_______ .

All of the following are examples of illegal per se activities except which one?

An exclusive dealing contract is a _____contractual requirement that _____.

It is possible for a horizontal merger to increase the total surplus in the market.

The European Union antitrust law focuses on which of the following?

If the merger of two firms is challenged by an antitrust agency, one possible solution is for the firms to_____ .

In recent years, almost_______ percent of managers convicted of violating the Sherman Act have gone to prison.

If there are five firms in a market and each has an equal market share, the Herfindahl- Hirschman Index (HHI)is_____ .

Three firms agree to operate as a monopoly and charge the monopoly price of $80 for their product and (jointly)produce the monopoly quantity of 5,000 units. If the competitive price for the product is $40, under the Clayton Act these three firms face treble damages of_______ .

A merger will usually be challenged if which of the following is expected to occur as a result of the merger?

If a tire manufacturer agrees to sell its tires to an automobile producer on the contractual condition that the automobile producer purchases 100 percent of its tires needed from the tire manufacturer, this is an example of_____ .

All of the following are required to make a tying arrangement vulnerable to antitrust prosecution except which one?

Managerial Economics and Decision Making

Demand and Supply

Measuring and Using Demand

Production and Costs

Perfect Competition

Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition

Cartels and Oligopoly

Game Theory and Oligopoly

Advanced Pricing Decisions

Decisions About Vertical Integration and Distribution

Decisions About Production, Products, and Location

Marketing Decisions: Advertising and Promotion

Business Decisions Under Uncertainty

Managerial Decisions About Information

Using Present Value to Make Multi-Period Managerial Decisions

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Price fixing is an agreement among competing managers to _the prices of the products they are selling or to _the prices of the inputs they are buying.

A popular shoe company has a 'buy one, get one half price' offer in which customers who purchase one pair of shoes can purchase a second pair at half price. This is an example of_ and is_ .

An exclusive dealing contract is a _contractual requirement that _.