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Justin Larrea
on Dec 15, 2024
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Price fixing is
A) an arrangement a manufacturer makes with a reseller to handle only its products and not those of a competitor.
B) the practice of charging a very low price for a product with the intent of driving competitors out of business.
C) the practice of charging different prices to different buyers for goods of like grade and quality.
D) a conspiracy among firms to set prices for a product.
E) a seller's requirement that the purchaser of one product also buy another product in the line.
Price Fixing
Price Fixing is an illegal practice where competing companies agree to set the same price for their products or services, eliminating competition.
Conspiracy
A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful, or the belief in such secret schemes.
Product
An item, service, or idea offered to the market for consumption, use, or acquisition.
- Illustrate the legal stipulations and regulations that bear on the strategies of geographical pricing and the making of price adjustments.
- Discern the role government regulation assumes in curtailing illicit pricing activities including price fixing and pricing discrimination.
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Learning Objectives
- Illustrate the legal stipulations and regulations that bear on the strategies of geographical pricing and the making of price adjustments.
- Discern the role government regulation assumes in curtailing illicit pricing activities including price fixing and pricing discrimination.