Question 1

Government regulation of firms' prices or "rates" in selected industries is the focus of

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A)  social regulation.
B)  industrial regulation.
C)  antitrust policy.
D)  incomes policy.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is mainly involved in

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A)  industrial regulation.
B)  social regulation.
C)  antitrust regulation.
D)  public utility regulation.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Suppose that you own a toy store and want to buy 100 talking robots.Your supplier will sell you the robots only if you also agree to buy 200 dolls.This is an illegal practice called

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A)  monopolistic.
B)  a tying contract.
C)  a cartel.
D)  discriminatory.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

The public interest theory of industrial regulation contends that

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A)  while industrial regulation is sound in theory, bureaucrats allow monopolists to obtain excessive profits.
B)  regulated monopolies are tantamount to legal cartels.
C)  the objective of regulation is to protect the public from the market power inherent in natural monopolies.
D)  firms in some industries want to be regulated.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true?

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A)  "Behavioralists" believe that all monopolists are "bad" monopolists.
B)  "Structuralists" strongly abide by the "rule of reason" in applying antitrust laws.
C)  "Behavioralists" believe that some monopolists are "good" monopolists.
D)  "Structuralists" believe that some monopolists are "good" monopolists.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following is not a major criticism of social regulation?

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A)  It is anticompetitive.
B)  It will increase product prices.
C)  It will increase the rate of innovation in the economy.
D)  It will impose a larger burden on small firms compared to large firms.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Which business practice is rarely challenged by the government under antitrust laws?

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A)  price-fixing
B)  tying contracts
C)  price discrimination
D)  interlocking directoratesE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

The largest efficiency gains from deregulation have occurred in the

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A)  natural gas and cable television industries.
B)  cable television and railroad industries.
C)  communications and stock-brokering industries.
D)  airlines, trucking, and railroad industries.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Conglomerate mergers are combinations of

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A)  many small firms.
B)  firms producing the same product.
C)  firms producing unrelated products.
D)  firms operating at different stages in a given production process.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Where there is natural monopoly, government is most likely to implement

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A)  social regulation.
B)  antitrust policy.
C)  industrial regulation.
D)  an externality containment policy.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

The Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950

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A)  outlawed price-fixing.
B)  amended the Sherman Act.
C)  amended the Clayton Act.
D)  created the Civil Aeronautics Board (CA
B)  .E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Critics of industrial regulation say that such regulation

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A)  benefits small firms at the expense of large firms.
B)  perpetuates monopoly long after new technology has eroded natural monopoly.
C)  creates insurmountable principal-agent problems.
D)  has resulted mainly from the paradox of voting.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

One good example of a government agency involved mainly in social regulation is the Food and Drug Administration.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

"Behavioralists" in antitrust applications believe that a firm that dominates a market is not necessarily behaving unfairly.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

If the market is defined more narrowly to include only a more restricted range of products, then the Herfindahl index will

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A)  increase.
B)  decrease.
C)  not be affected.
D)  either increase or decrease.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Conspiracies to fix prices are

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A)  illegal under the Clayton Act.
B)  illegal under the Celler-Kefauver Act.
C)  per se violations of the antitrust laws.
D)  more tolerated by government today than two or three decades ago.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

What is most likely to happen as the output of a natural monopoly increases over the range of market demand?

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A)  There is a small decrease in average total cost and then it increases as output increases.
B)  There is an increase in average total cost and then it decreases as output increases.
C)  Average total cost increases as output increases.
D)  Average total cost decreases as output increases.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Economists who adhere to the laissez-faire antitrust perspective

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A)  view competition as a long-run dynamic process in which firms battle for dominance of markets but rarely can sustain such dominance once it is achieved.
B)  believe the antitrust laws are as important today as they were when they were passed in the early 1900s.
C)  say that an industry's structure, which is based on economies of scale, usually predicts the behavior of the industry firms.
D)  contend that large, dominant firms should be broken into smaller competitive firms and then government should stand back and let competition prevail.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 19

(Last Word)  What problem is created for antitrust regulators by online pricing algorithms?

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A)  Even if the algorithms produce collusive prices, the lack of an agreement makes it difficult to prosecute under current antitrust law.
B)  The encrypted data does not allow regulators to determine whether prices are converging to a level consistent with collusion.
C)  Online pricing algorithms are programmed to randomly vary prices to prevent antitrust regulators from discovering price-fixing.
D)  Online pricing algorithms are programmed to ensure that there is just enough of a gap between prices across firms that collusion would be impossible to prove.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 20

The antitrust laws are enforced by the

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A)  Federal Bureau of Investigation.
B)  Antimonopoly Court of Appeals.
C)  Federal Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.
D)  Department of Commerce.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Exam 21: Antitrust Policy and Regulation

Conglomerate mergers are combinations of

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Where there is natural monopoly, government is most likely to implement

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is mainly involved in

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Government regulation of firms' prices or "rates" in selected industries is the focus of

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The largest efficiency gains from deregulation have occurred in the

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The Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950

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One good example of a government agency involved mainly in social regulation is the Food and Drug Administration.

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The public interest theory of industrial regulation contends that

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Conspiracies to fix prices are

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Economists who adhere to the laissez-faire antitrust perspective

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The antitrust laws are enforced by the

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Which of the following is not a major criticism of social regulation?

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"Behavioralists" in antitrust applications believe that a firm that dominates a market is not necessarily behaving unfairly.

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(Last Word) What problem is created for antitrust regulators by online pricing algorithms?

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If the market is defined more narrowly to include only a more restricted range of products, then the Herfindahl index will

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Suppose that you own a toy store and want to buy 100 talking robots.Your supplier will sell you the robots only if you also agree to buy 200 dolls.This is an illegal practice called

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Which of the following statements is true?

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Which business practice is rarely challenged by the government under antitrust laws?

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What is most likely to happen as the output of a natural monopoly increases over the range of market demand?

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Critics of industrial regulation say that such regulation

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