Exam 11: Antitrust Law-Monopolies and Mergers

In 2000,Microsoft was charged with violating federal antitrust laws by maintaining market dominance through anticompetitive means.

Which of the following categories of mergers involves firms dealing in unrelated products?

Growth by merger is often more expensive than internal growth.

Which act forbids attempts to monopolize as well as monopoly itself?

Which of the following statements about the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is true?

High market concentration often promotes competition.

Which of the following acts forbids monopolies?

Which of the following is employed to measure market concentration?

A few firms sharing monopoly power constitute a(n) _____.

The primary threat to competition arising from vertical mergers is labeled market foreclosure.

The greater the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI),the more likely the government will be concerned about the merger.

What is premerger notification?

A car manufacturer acquiring a tire manufacturing company would be an example of a _____ merger.

The failing company doctrine permits a merger to preserve the assets of a firm that would otherwise be lost to the market.

A _____ merger typically involves an alliance between a supplier and a purchaser.