Filters
Question type

Study Flashcards

The rule of reason was an antitrust law guideline that emphasized the importance of ____ over ____.


A) price; quantity
B) quantity; price
C) law; the economy
D) size; behavior
E) behavior; size

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which antitrust act prohibits exclusive dealing, tying contracts, stock acquisitions, and interlocking directorates?


A) Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.
B) Clayton Act of 1914.
C) Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914.
D) Robinson-Patman Act of 1936.
E) Cell-Kefauver Act of 1950.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Marginal cost pricing is a system of pricing in which the price charged equals the marginal cost of:


A) the first unit produced.
B) each unit produced.
C) the last unit produced.
D) the profit-maximization unit.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which of the following is not one of the four anti-competitive activities outlined in the Clayton Act?


A) Price discrimination.
B) Exclusive buyer/seller contracts.
C) Buying a competitor's voting stock.
D) Buying a competitor's plants and equipment.
E) Interlocking boards of directors.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

A manufacturer will sell its product only to retailers who agree to buy its brand. This is an example of:


A) price discrimination.
B) exclusive dealing.
C) a tying contract.
D) interlocking directorates.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The Department of Justice has challenged the merger of two firms, and the case has ended up in the Supreme Court. The two firms argue that they will not use their monopoly power to raise prices or to cut output. Under what judicial standard would their merger be allowed, and under what judicial standard would their merger be disallowed?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The merger would be allowed under the ru...

View Answer

In the 1945 Alcoa antitrust case, the Court found ALCOA:


A) not guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act because it was a good monopoly.
B) did not have a good reason for having a large market share, so found it guilty.
C) guilty because its firm size was a per se violation of antitrust laws.
D) not guilty because it did not engage in any illegal or unfair acts.
E) was no threat to industrial democracy.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Government regulators can achieve efficiency for a natural monopoly by setting a price ceiling equal to the intersection of the demand curve and the:


A) marginal revenue curve.
B) average cost curve.
C) marginal cost curve.
D) average fixed cost curve.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

If two steel firms decide to merge, this merger would be classified as:


A) a horizontal merger.
B) a vertical merger.
C) a conglomerate merger.
D) either a vertical or conglomerate merger depending on the nationality of the companies.
E) either a vertical or conglomerate merger depending on the market shares of the two companies.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The Utah Pie case is an example of a violation of the Robinson-Patman Act.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Firms that place their assets in the custody of a board of trustees is called a(n) :


A) utility.
B) oligopoly.
C) trust.
D) all of these.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Under the Clayton Act, horizontal mergers by stock acquisition were:


A) not considered.
B) illegal if they could be show to lessen competition.
C) illegal under any circumstances.
D) legal if they could be shown to lessen competition.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Suppose a steel firm and a cookware company merge. This merger would be classified as:


A) a horizontal merger.
B) a vertical merger.
C) a conglomerate merger.
D) either a horizontal or conglomerate merger, depending on the nationality of the companies.
E) either a horizontal or conglomerate merger, depending on the market shares of the two companies.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The Utah Pie case was brought under which of the following laws?


A) The Sherman Antitrust Act.
B) The Federal Trade Commission Act.
C) The Robinson-Patman Act.
D) The Celler-Kefauver Act.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The Robinson-Patman Act amended and further refined which of the following laws?


A) The Sherman Antitrust Act.
B) The Celler-Kefauver Act.
C) The Clayton Act.
D) The FTC Act.
E) The Herfindahl-Hirschman Act.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

According to the rule of reason, when would the courts find a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act?


A) Always-monopoly is per se illegal under the rule of reason.
B) Only when the monopoly created negative externalities.
C) Only when the monopoly engaged in illegal business practices.
D) Only when the monopoly charged excessively high prices.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Economic regulation occurs when:


A) monopoly is the optimal market structure
B) the industry is highly competitive
C) the product is important to economic welfare
D) the government owns the assets of the industry
E) the product price, if left unregulated, would be too low

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was:


A) established in 1934 and reorganized in 1984.
B) established in 1938 and eliminated in 1984.
C) established in 1938 and reorganized in 1991.
D) never a regulatory agency.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

A merger between two firms that have a supplier-purchaser relationship is:


A) horizontal.
B) vertical.
C) conglomerate.
D) illegal.
E) inefficient.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950 amended the:


A) Sherman Antitrust Act.
B) Clayton Act.
C) Federal Trade Commission Act.
D) Robinson-Patman Act.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 41 - 60 of 203

Related Exams

Show Answer