Some Channel Conflict May

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Multiple Choice

Some channel conflict may

• A) be inevitable when channel members have different objectives.
• B) be useful if that is what it takes for customers at the end of the channel to receive better value.
• C) be avoided when a producer does not sell identical products through different (competing) channels.
• D) be reduced if there is a channel captain who thinks about all of the members of a channel and helps to direct their activities.
• E) All of these alternatives are correct.

Describe how price controls, such as price ceilings and floors, can lead to inefficiencies in the market.

Understand the concepts of binding and nonbinding price ceilings and floors.

Analyze the impact of government-imposed price controls on market equilibrium.

Identify the effects of minimum wage laws on employment and unemployment.

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