Question

4. One of the most significant disadvantages of a monopoly is:

a. oligarch capitalization

b. no competition from international markets

c. price wars

d. high prices charged

5. D Ram prices in the U.S. were _____ in Dec-01

a. close to $1

b. better than those in potato sales

c. not comparable to those of Vietnamese markets

d. fixed

6. Pressure, rationalization, and opportunity help indicate issues that lead to:

a. NYPD law investigation

b. forensic dissecting of butterflies

c. price fixing

d. background checks

Answer 1

4. Higher price charged

The inconvenience of market privilege
Monopolies may be blamed for their perceived adverse market consequences including:

Restricting market efficiency.
Paying a price higher than in a more competitive environment.
Reduce the demand surplus and economic well-being.
Restricting customer preference.
Diminishing market control

5. Fixed

In his role as vice president of marketing for memory products at Samsung Semiconductor Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Samsung, the DOJ said Thomas Quinn engaged in a price-fixing scheme. The DOJ has prosecuted Quinn for breaching the U.S. Sherman Act, which calls for legislation on antimonopoly. The DOJ reported that in a Dec. 5,2001 he helped devise an agreement to set DRAM prices and organize bids Sun Microsystems Inc. auction.

While PC memory prices went down, the megabyte went up. Mainstream PC memory had been selling at U$1 per megabyte as recent as 1995. A megabyte of memory has fallen below U$0.1 in Q3, 2001 due to the shrinking of semiconductor geometry and the computer economy. In December 2001, the demand spiral reverted.

6.background check

Opportunity pressure and rationalize is because to commint fraud and help to check background.