Horizontal Price-Fixing Occurs When

question 41

Multiple Choice

Horizontal price-fixing occurs when:

• A) one or more companies charge the same prices for goods at all their stores for an unreasonable length of time
• B) a manufacturer requires its independent dealers to sell its products at a given price
• C) a company with the entire market on a patented product sells the product at a fixed price
• D) two or more competing companies agree on the prices to charge for their products
• E) prices are determined with reference to an index,such as the average price of crude oil,which neither the seller nor the purchaser can control

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