<span>A tying arrangement is illegal under the Clayton Act if it lessens competition or creates monopoly. The Clayton Act focuses on topics regarding price discrimination, price fixing and unfair business practices. Since a tying arrangement means you are purchasing one product with agreement to purchasing another or you can not purchase the initial product, you are in a tying arrangement.</span>
Answer:
b. Cannot tell the change in equilibrium quantity. The equilibrium price will decrease
Explanation:
Two things are going on here
1. Income decreases, that will shift demand inwards. People can buy fewer goods at any given price
2. New technology is discovered, that shifts supply outwards. Costs are reduced so producers can produce more at a given price
The resulting effects are that price will decrease but the result in quantity is undetermined. This can be seen with the two examples attached. In both cases, the shifting of the curves from D0->D1 and S0->S1 results in lower prices. However, in one case the equilibrium quantity goes up and in the other goes up.
Answer: I would choose the 3rd choice.
Explanation:the creation of privately-owned businesses
Answer: No,the company is not guilty.
Explanation: In the given case, Hines could not be considered guilty of price discrimination as the price charged from different shops was same. The free samples were distributed for the purpose of campaign and the discretion to which shop they want to provide lies completely with the company.
Price discrimination refers to the practice of charging different prices from different customer which the company have definitely not done.
Hence, Hines could not be charged of guilty of price discrimination.