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Unfair competition controlled by
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A. Statutes
B. Administrative Agencies
C. Administrative Regulations
D. All The Above
B. Administrative Agencies
C. Administrative Regulations
D. All The Above
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Price regulations
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A. May be imposed by the national government
B. May be imposed by state government
C. Include rules regarding credit terms and other changes
D. All The Above
B. May be imposed by state government
C. Include rules regarding credit terms and other changes
D. All The Above
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What crime is a person who attempts to monopolize any part of trade or commerce guilty of?
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Felony.
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What is market power?
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Ability to control price and exclude competitors.
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Which section of the Sherman Act applies to agreements, conduct, or conspiracies to restrain trade?
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Section I.
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The Sherman Act applies to
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A. Buying activities
B. Selling activities
C. Production activities
D. All The Above
B. Selling activities
C. Production activities
D. All The Above
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What is a divestiture order?
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A decision by a court requiring a defendant to sell an enterprise.
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Under Clayton Act, who must companies that want to merge notify?
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The anti-trust division of the Department of Justice.
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What does the Clayton Act prohibit?
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Price discrimination between buyers of like commodities,
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What does the Robinson Patman Act prohibit?
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Charging different prices to different buyers when the margin costs are the same.
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What is tying?
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Tying occurs when sellers require buyers to purchase an unwanted product to get a wanted one.
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Is tying a violation of the Sherman Act?
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Yes.
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What are vertical mergers?
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Occur between firms that have buyer/seller relationships.
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Offering one buyer free advertising while not offering it to another as an incentive to buy would be a violation of which act?
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Robinson Patman Act.
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What is an administrative agency?
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A government body charged with administering and implementing legislation.
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What are administrative agencies charged with doing?
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Making rules/ Conducting inspections/ Judge violations.
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Are administrative agencies subject to strict procedural rules?
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Yes.
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What does the Freedom of Information Act provide?
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Info contained in records of administrative agencies is available to citizens upon request.
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In which three ways does the public have access to the activity of administrative agencies?
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Open records/ Open meetings/ Public announcements
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What is the Administrative Procedure Act?
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Federal law that establishes the operating rules for Administrative Agencies.
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What does the Sunshine Act require?
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Most meetings of major administrative agencies have to be open to the public.
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What does a federal agency planning to adopt a new regulations have to do in terms of notice?
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Public notice and hold a hearing so the public can comment.
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How often does the Federal Register list all administrative regulations?
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5 days a week.
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What is a consent decree?
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Informal settlement of enforcement actions brought by agencies.
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What is exhaustion of remedies?
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Before an appeal can be taken to a court concerning deter of an agency, all administrative remedies must be exhauster.