price-fixing

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price-fixing

1. (Commerce) the setting of prices by agreement among producers and distributors

2. (Commerce) another name for price control, resale price maintenance

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price-fixing - control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce

control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"

governing, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

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price-fixing

[ˈpraɪsˌfɪksɪŋ] n → controllo dei prezzi

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(113) For a discussion on the role of deterrence in price-fixing cases see Michael Block and Joseph Sidak, 'The Cost of Antitrust Deterrence: Why Not Hang a Price Fixer Now and Then?' (1980) 68 Georgetown Law Journal 1131.

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