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A private party can sue for damages and fees if the party is injured as a result of a violation of any of the federal antitrust laws.

A) True
B) False

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Any threat of monopolization is condemned as a violation of antitrust law.

A) True
B) False

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Four grocery stores account for 80 percent of the retail food sales in Metro City. Two of the stores want to merge. In determining whether the merger violates the Clayton Act, the most crucial factor is


A) the market shares of the firms in their market.
B) the market value of the firms' shares in the stock market.
C) the comparative value of each store in a market for their sale.
D) the total value of the market in relation to the stock for sale in the stores.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Section 2 of the Sherman Act condemns monopolization.

A) True
B) False

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There are no legislative or constitutional limitations on antitrust enforcement.

A) True
B) False

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Exempt from antitrust laws are


A) video-streaming companies.
B) movie producers.
C) professional football teams.
D) professional baseball teams.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Antitrust legislation is based on a desire to limit competition.

A) True
B) False

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Pump Makers Inc. makes pumps for fire trucks and conditions sales of its products to Quality Motors Corporation-a maker of fire trucks-on Quality's agreement to buy pumps only from Pump Makers. This is most likely


A) an exclusive-dealing contract.
B) a tying arrangement.
C) price discrimination.
D) a group boycott.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Petro Inc. and QualGas Corporation refine and sell natural gas. To limit the supply on the market and thereby raise prices, Petro and QualGas agree to buy "excess" supplies from dealers and "dispose" of it. This is


A) a deal that neither restrains trade or harms competition.
B) not within the scope of the Sherman Act.
C) a per se violation of the Sherman Act.
D) subject to analysis under the rule of reason .

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Foreign individuals cannot be sued for violations of U.S. antitrust law.

A) True
B) False

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A firm may have monopoly power even though it is not the only seller in a market.

A) True
B) False

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Net Access Inc. wants to merge with Open Source Corporation. Under the Clayton Act, the merger is


A) a per se violation.
B) a violation, depending on the market value of the firms' stock.
C) a violation, depending on its effect on competition.
D) not a violation.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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