Micro Economics For Today
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Author: Tucker, Irvin B.
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Chapter 13, Problem 7SQ
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The per se and rule of reason in anti-trust laws.
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Antitrust laws are designed to….
A. Encourage monopolies
B. Ensure the safety of food and beverages that people consume
C. Allow for monopoly to gain complete control of a market
D. Regulate monopolies
Antitrust laws are designed to maintain a competitive market environment by
a. eliminating monopolies wherever they exist
b. preventing monopolies from generating negative externalities
c. limiting practices that increase a firm’s market power
d. imposing price ceilings on products produced by monopolies
e. making charging a price above marginal cost illegal
In the article by Michael Baye and Joshua Wright (“Is Antitrust Too Complicated forGeneralist Judges?”), describe how they measure the economic complexity of antitrustcases. What as the modal level of complexity? How would you describe the complexitydistribution?
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- explain the issue in the courts’ interpretation of “Monopoly” versus “Monopolizing”.arrow_forwardUse the DuPont cellophane antitrust case to illustrate and explain in detail how the definition of a market can affect the determination of market concentration.arrow_forwardAntitrust policies are put in place to limit which of the following? a. Income inequality b. Monopoly power c. Double taxation of corporations d. Price ceilings e. The provision of public goodsarrow_forward
- How would you expect antitrust authorities to react to: a. A proposed merger of Ford and General Motors. b. Evidence of secret meetings by contractors to rig bids for highway construction projects. c. A proposed merger of a large shoe manufacturer and a chain of retail shoe stores. d. A proposed merger of a small life-insurance company and a regional candy manufacturer. e. An automobile rental firm that charges higher rates for lastminute rentals than for rentals reserved weeks in advancearrow_forwarda. Why is a monopolist’s marginal revenue less than the price of its good? Can marginal revenue ever be negative? Explain. b. Draw the demand, marginal-revenue, average total-cost, and marginal-cost curves for a monopolist. Show the profit-maximizing level of output, the profit-maximizing price, and the amount of profit. c. Describe the two problems that arise when regulators tell a natural monopoly that it must set a price equal to marginal cost.arrow_forwardChoose the correct option The purpose of government antitrust policies is toa. Eliminate moral hazard problemsb. create a more equal income distribution c. Increase competition in a marketd. Reduce the free- rider problemse. Increase the number of college graduatesarrow_forward
- Government intervention can focus on the structure or behavior of a market. Antitrust focuses: Select one: a. Mostly on structure, while regulation focuses on behavior b. Mostly on behavior, while regulation focuses on both c. On both, while regulation focuses mostly on the level of competition within an industry d. On both, while regulation focuses mostly on structurearrow_forwardK To restrict a firm's monopoly power, why can't antitrust authorities just set a floor or a ceiling in the market? OA. It is difficult to set a fair price, so regulators do not get involved in the pricing decisions of any monopolists. B. It is difficult to set a fair price, and even if regulators did, the firm would then have no incentive to innovate. C. The government does not have the power to dictate what a firm can charge; it can only stop mergers. D. Floors or ceilings lead to inefficiency and deadweight loss, which can be avoided if the monopoly sets its own price.arrow_forwardb. Both antitrust policy and industrial regulation deal with monopoly. What distinguishes the two approaches? How does government decide to use one form of remedy rather than the other?arrow_forward
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