Illegal Horizontal Price Fixing

question 240

Multiple Choice

Illegal horizontal price fixing:

• A) occurs when a manufacturer requires the retailers to sell its products at specific prices
• B) occurs when a firm at one level of business controls the price of a firm's product at another level
• C) ties the sale of one product at a particular price to the sale of another product
• D) occurs when competitors agree to act together to set prices for their products
• E) none of the other choices

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