Antitrust Laws There are 4 major acts created that are known as the Antitrust Laws. In the 1870’s and 1880’s‚ the Sherman Act of 1890 was created. This act made monopolies and conspiracies that tried controlling trade a criminal offense. This act exists with 2 provisions‚ the 1st is that every contract‚ blending in the form of a trust or otherwise‚ or attempt to conspiracy‚ in limit of trade or market among several States‚ or with distant nations is acknowledged to be unlawful.” nd The 2 states
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WGU EGT1 Task 3 Student# In this essay I will discuss a few terms and how their relationships apply between regulation and market structures‚ as well as how regulation policies affect the market. A) There were 4 particular Antitrust Laws that were enacted with the primary purpose of protecting consumers‚ striving to achieve fair competition in the market place‚ and to achieve and allocate efficiency. The 4 Antitrust Laws that are major pieces of legislation are; The Sherman
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Marginal Revenue: Marginal Revenue can be termed as the change in the total revenue from an additional unit that is sold by a firm. Example‚ the total revenue when 10 units are sold is $50‚ and total revenue when 11 units are sold is $55. Marginal Revenue in this case will be (55-50)/(11-10) = $5. One can compute the total revenue if the marginal revue and the number of units sold. If the marginal revenue of a product is zero than the total revenue will not change with an increase in the number
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4. Discuss how marketing policies and procedures may impact on the marketing activities conducted. Most appropriate marketing activities How marketing policies and procedures may impact on the marketing activities 1. Development and contribution of samples‚ case‚ studies‚ testimonies and other evidence of enterprise activity Ethical principles: when designing and distributing the samples and testimonials we need to tell the truth to customers‚ make are the information provided are the original‚ honest
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A. Discuss elasticity of demand as it pertains to elastic‚ unit‚ and inelastic demand. Elasticity of demand is gauged by the percentage of change in demand when the price of an item varies. If the change in the quantity demanded is greater than 1 the demand is elastic. Elasticity of demand is calculated by ED=quantity demanded/decrease in price. If you reduce the price of milk by 6%‚ and that causes an increase of quantity demanded by 9% the demand for milk is elastic (ED= .09/.06 = 1.5).
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A. Concern in the late 1800s with society’s economic well-being‚ public pressure and the market control by oligopolist and monopolist also known as trusts the government enacted antitrust legislation. The Sherman Act of 1890 was the first legislation aimed at declaring restraint of trade and monopolization to be illegal. With the Sherman Act being somewhat vague the Clayton Act of 1914 sought to further empower the Sherman Act by banning price discrimination‚ prohibiting tying contracts‚ interlocking
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To: Company G CEO Date: February 20‚ 2013 Re: Comparing Company G against industry average The first ratio calculated was current ratio. This is done by dividing current liabilities by current assets. Current ratio is important because it shows the business’s ability to pay back the current liabilities with the current assets that they have available to them. At the end of 2011‚ the current ratio was at 1.86. In 2012‚ this ratio dropped to 1.80. The industry ranges from 3.1 (showing a strong
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Objective 309.1.2-09: Discuss the application of elastic and inelastic demand in a given marketing situation. Introduction: Supply and demand concepts have application in everyday life. They also directly impact the business person in daily decisions. Task: A. Define the following three terms: 1. Elasticity of demand 2. Cross-price elasticity (include substitutes and complements) 3. Income elasticity (include normal and inferior goods) B. Explain the elasticity coefficients for each of the three
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Elasticity: The real stretch play. We have all heard the phrase‚ “Stretch your dollar”‚ but have you ever stopped to consider what all goes on behind the scenes in order to make this stretch occur? What rules of economics and finance play into making your hard-earned dollar stretch to its maximum value? While the topic of stretching your money spans across all areas of business‚ finance‚ and economics‚ I will focus on the fundamental principle of economic stretch; elasticity. Elasticity in economics
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EGT1 TASK 1 309.1.1-05‚ 06 A. Marginal revenue indicates how much extra revenue a company receives for selling an extra unit of output. 1. Marginal Revenue is the change in total revenue resulting from a change in the quantity of output sold. Expressed as: Marginal Revenue = change in total revenue/change quantity. B. Marginal cost is the overall change in a firms total cost of production resulting from a change in production by one unit. 1. Marginal cost and total cost are
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