Micro Economics For Today
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Author: Tucker, Irvin B.
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Chapter 13, Problem 1SQ
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The anti-trust law that prohibits the actions that reduces competition.
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The antitrust law that made "every contract, combination . . . or conspiracy, in restraint of trade" illegal was the
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Celler-Kefauver Act.
U.S. antitrust laws are designed to prohibit monopolization and encourage competition. Why, then, does the government erect barriers to entry and create monopoly power by granting firms patents?
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Economists unanimously agree on the usefulness of antitrust action to increase the competitiveness of industries.
They were embedded in the U.S. Constitution but mostly eliminated in the early 1900s.
The Sherman Act in 1980 eliminated and repealed all existing U.S. anti-trust laws.
Historically they have been abused by some competitors going after other competitors in ways that are detrimental to consumers.
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Micro Economics For Today
Ch. 13.2 - Prob. 1YTECh. 13.6 - Prob. 1.1YTECh. 13.6 - Prob. 1.2YTECh. 13 - Prob. 1SQPCh. 13 - Prob. 2SQPCh. 13 - Prob. 3SQPCh. 13 - Prob. 4SQPCh. 13 - Prob. 5SQPCh. 13 - Prob. 6SQPCh. 13 - Prob. 7SQP
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