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Which of the following is a legally cognizable and procompetitive justification for concerted conduct between rivals?
A.The quality of the products depended upon coordination.
B.The price floor set by the parties was reasonable.
C.The conduct involved teams in a league maintaining competitive balance.
D.None of the above is a legally cognizable justification for collusion.
E. A and C.
In this case option E is correct which involve put option a and
c.
Because are legally eligible and Pro competitive justification for
concerted conduct between Rivals is truly justifiable when take
into account the option A that is the quality of the product depend
upon coordination it means that the product can be manufactured as
per the identification of the Rival product in the market or in
other words in this market products close substitute of each
other.
Option explain that the conduct involved teams in a League
maintaining competitive balance it means all the royal palms are
ready to accept the competitiveness in the market and they maintain
their product according to the market competition and pricing
policies are also based on the competitiveness in the market.
Option B is not correct because price floor said by the parties was
reasonable it is not possible because it means if parties are
responsible for deciding the price then there is no meaning of
competitiveness in the market and the Rival forms concept is also
not applicable.
Option d it is also not at all applicable because according to
option B none of the above is a legally cognizable justification
for Collusion it is completely wrong because solution is a result
of the existence of Rival Firms and competitive goods in the
market.