Which of the following U.S. antitrust laws prohibits mergers through the acquisition of a firm's stock if the merger would lessen competition?
a. the Sherman Antitrust Act
b. the Clayton Act
c. the Robinson-Patman Act
d. the Celler-Kefauver Anti-Merger Act
e. the Federal Trade Commission Act
B
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A. Paul has a cognitive bias, and it leads him to value the watch more because he owns it. B. Paul has a cognitive bias; he is ignoring a nonmonetary opportunity cost of already owning the watch. C. Paul's implicit cost of ownership makes him feel as though he should keep the watch. D. All of these are true.
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