Question 1

The Consumer Product Safety Commission engages in social regulation, rather than industrial regulation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The U.S.Steel case of 1920 and the Alcoa case of 1945 dealt with which antitrust question?

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A)  To what extent should firms be limited in buying plant and equipment from other firms?
B)  Should an industry be judged by its behavior or by its structure?
C)  Should the steel and aluminum industries be considered natural monopolies?
D)  Should mergers be permitted between firms in closely related industries?E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which of the following made monopoly and restraints of trade criminal offenses against the federal government?

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A)  Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950
B)  Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938
C)  Clayton Act of 1914
D)  Sherman Act of 1890E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Suppose a court rules that the ABC Corporation is in violation of the antitrust laws because it produces 70 percent of the output of its industry.This decision is consistent with the

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A)  U.S.Steel case.
B)  Alcoa case.
C)  behavioralist approach to antitrust.
D)  legal cartel theory of regulation.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 5

The Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950

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A)  modified patent legislation by reducing the number of years over which a patent is applicable.
B)  prohibited any firm from acquiring the real assets of another firm where the effect was to lessen competition.
C)  declared all conglomerate mergers to be illegal.
D)  prohibited any firm from buying the stock of another firm where the effect was to lessen competition.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

The Clayton Act of 1914

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A)  outlawed price discrimination, tying contracts, acquisition of stocks of competing corporations, and interlocking directorates that lessen competition.
B)  prohibited unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce that tend to reduce competition.
C)  outlawed vertical and conglomerate mergers.
D)  prohibited one firm from acquiring the assets of another when the effect was to limit competition.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Which of the following is least likely to violate the Sherman Act or the Clayton Act?

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A)  Competitive firms A, B, and C meet and agree to charge a common price.
B)  Competitive firms D and E, each with 35 percent market shares, merge into a single firm.
C)  Competitive firms F and G independently charge lower prices to frequent customers than to occasional customers.
D)  Large dominant firm H forces buyers to purchase its product X in order to buy its popular product Y.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Generally speaking, if a firm faces decreasing average total costs of production throughout its entire range of output, then

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A)  more firms will enter the market.
B)  it will be unable to remain in business.
C)  the firm is a natural monopoly.
D)  the firm is able to earn only a normal profit.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

A function of the Federal Trade Commission is to

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A)  investigate instances of faulty and misleading advertising.
B)  establish railway rates for interstate railroads.
C)  ban or recall unsafe consumer products.
D)  prevent insider trading in securities markets.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Suppose the transportation industry has been regulated for many years.Government now proposes to deregulate the industry, only to find that firms in the industry oppose this action.This is consistent with the

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A)  public interest theory of regulation.
B)  theory of natural monopolies.
C)  legal cartel theory of regulation.
D)  Alcoa and U.S.Steel court decisions.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 11

Tying contracts are illegal under the

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A)  Wagner Act of 1935.
B)  Clayton Act of 1914.
C)  FTC Act of 1914.
D)  Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Laws and government actions designed to prevent monopoly and to promote competition are the focus of

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

Question 13

A merger of several firms operating in different industries-for example, a trucking company, a fast-food chain, and a brokerage house-is called

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A)  an integrated merger.
B)  a conglomerate merger.
C)  a vertical merger.
D)  a horizontal merger.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 14

In which of the following cases was the firm found not guilty of violating the Sherman Act?

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A)  Standard Oil case
B)  Microsoft case
C)  Alcoa case
D)  DuPont cellophane caseE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

The agency responsible for investigating instances of fraudulent or misleading advertising is the

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A)  Federal Trade Commission.
B)  Interstate Commerce Commission.
C)  Federal Communications Commission.
D)  Uniform Business Practices Commission.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

Which would be an example of public ownership as a response to natural monopolies?

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A)  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
B)  Federal Trade Commission
C)  U.S.Food and Drug Administration
D)  U.S.Postal ServiceE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Congressional representatives have called for extensive ergonomics regulations to reduce strains and injuries from repetitive activities by workers.Such regulation, if passed, would be a good example of

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A)  industrial regulation.
B)  the principal-agent problem.
C)  the free-rider problem.
D)  social regulation.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

In which of the following sets of antitrust cases did the government gain convictions?

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A)  the U.S.Steel case and the Microsoft case
B)  the Alcoa case and the Microsoft case
C)  the DuPont cellophane case and the AT&T case
D)  the U.S.Steel case and the Alcoa caseE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Suppose that two firms in an industry with a Herfindahl index of 5,000 announce a merger.The U.S.Justice Department concludes the merger will boost the index to 5,500.The antitrust authorities will most likely

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A)  ignore this merger because of the relatively small increase in the Herfindahl index.
B)  allow the merger but watch the new firm carefully for future violations of the antitrust laws.
C)  allow the merger if foreign entry to the industry is possible.
D)  prevent the merger, contending that it violates the Clayton Act.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

The administrative agency charged with enforcing the provisions of the Clayton Act (1914)  was established by additional legislation in the same year.This legislation was the

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A)  Celler-Kefauver Act.
B)  Wheeler-Lea Act.
C)  Sherman Act.
D)  Federal Trade Commission Act.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Exam 21: Antitrust Policy and Regulation

Generally speaking, if a firm faces decreasing average total costs of production throughout its entire range of output, then

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The administrative agency charged with enforcing the provisions of the Clayton Act (1914) was established by additional legislation in the same year.This legislation was the

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The Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950

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The U.S.Steel case of 1920 and the Alcoa case of 1945 dealt with which antitrust question?

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission engages in social regulation, rather than industrial regulation.

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Laws and government actions designed to prevent monopoly and to promote competition are the focus of

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Which of the following made monopoly and restraints of trade criminal offenses against the federal government?

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The agency responsible for investigating instances of fraudulent or misleading advertising is the

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The Clayton Act of 1914

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Suppose that two firms in an industry with a Herfindahl index of 5,000 announce a merger.The U.S.Justice Department concludes the merger will boost the index to 5,500.The antitrust authorities will most likely

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Tying contracts are illegal under the

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In which of the following sets of antitrust cases did the government gain convictions?

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A function of the Federal Trade Commission is to

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Suppose the transportation industry has been regulated for many years.Government now proposes to deregulate the industry, only to find that firms in the industry oppose this action.This is consistent with the

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Suppose a court rules that the ABC Corporation is in violation of the antitrust laws because it produces 70 percent of the output of its industry.This decision is consistent with the

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In which of the following cases was the firm found not guilty of violating the Sherman Act?

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Congressional representatives have called for extensive ergonomics regulations to reduce strains and injuries from repetitive activities by workers.Such regulation, if passed, would be a good example of

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Which would be an example of public ownership as a response to natural monopolies?

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A merger of several firms operating in different industries-for example, a trucking company, a fast-food chain, and a brokerage house-is called

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Which of the following is least likely to violate the Sherman Act or the Clayton Act?

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