Using the Areeda - Turner test, a competition authority risks making a type II error, that is, not prosecuting predatory pricing when the dominant firm prices above costs. True False

20) If the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of an industry is less than 1,000, then the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department A) will challenge any merger that would increase the index by over 100 points. B) considers the industry unconcentrated. C) considers the industry already concentrated. D) will challenge any merger that raises the index by more than 50 points.

P          14         13           12         11         10          9           8           7             6            5 QD       50        100        150       200       250       300       350       400        450       500 Consider a market with the above demand and two firms.  Both firms have a constant marginal cost of 7. What price should these firms charge to maximize total industry profit? (Note: the marginal condition we learned will work here but you need to be careful because the changes in quantity on the schedule are not 1.  Because of this, you might want to use a brute force approach here.  It's worth thinking about how you would reconcile it with the marginal condition though.  Also, the marginal condition doesn't match exactly so take the best number from the schedule.) Assuming that if they set the same price, they split the market evenly, what will the profit of each firm be if they both set the above price? Now imagine that the firms agree to both set the above…

The National Football League has long-term leases with the stadiums in major cities. Control of these stadiums is an entry barrier to a potential new football league. True False     Suivant

What is the most controversial aspect of Antitrust regulation? Group of answer choices Defining the allowable size the merged firm should be. Defining a market Sending violators to jail. Agreeing on which concentration measurement to use.

Suppose that the Department of Justice (DOJ) vetoes all mergers that are likely to lead to an increase in price of the product. The market demand function is given by P(Q) = 50 – Q. Pre- merger, the market is competitive and the cost function is given by C(Q) = 30Q. Post-merger, the market will be controlled by a monopolist and C(Q) = xQ. For what values of x will the DOJ approve this merger?

The industry elasticity of demand for airline travel is −3 and the elasticity of demand for an individual carrier is −4. What is the Rothschild index for this industry?

The Pear Computer Company just developed a totally revolutionary new personal computer. Pear estimates that it will take competitors at least two years to produce equivalent products. The demand function for the computer is estimated to be P=2,500-500Q   where QQ is millions of computers. The marginal (and average variable) cost of producing the computer is $900. Assuming Pear acts as a monopolist in its market, the profit-maximizing price and output levels are $           per computer and                million computers, respectively. The total contribution to profits and fixed costs at this output level is $                  million.     Time Period                  Price                     Units sold                 Total Contri. 1 2,400     2 2,200     3 2,000     4 1,800     5 1,700     6 1,600     7 1,500     8 1,400     9 1,300     10 1,200     Over the 10 periods, the total contribution to profits and fixed costs from price skimming is $…

Discuss the forms of barriers to entry in the pharmaceutical industry.

Government regulators have responded to the apparent change in the effects of concentration on hospital markets and now tend to see competition as beneficial. True False