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conscious parallelism

conscious parallelism noun: price fixing that occurs without direct communication between the participants, but where the participants instead intentionally follow one another in raising prices to maximize profits at the expense of competitive pricing.

Noun

conscious parallelism (uncountable)

  1. (US, antitrust law) Price fixing that occurs without direct communication between the participants, but where the participants instead intentionally follow one another in raising prices to maximize profits at the expense of competitive pricing.

Questions about conscious parallelism

What does conscious parallelism mean?
Conscious parallelism means price fixing that occurs without direct communication between the participants, but where the participants instead intentionally follow one another in raising prices to maximize profits at the expense of competitive pricing.
What part of speech is conscious parallelism?
Conscious parallelism is a noun.

Words near conscious parallelism in the dictionary

  1. conscions
  2. conscious
  3. conscious and oriented
  4. conscious automatism
  5. conscious hip hop
  6. conscious parallelism
  7. conscious rap
  8. conscious sedation
  9. conscious uncoupling
  10. conscious uncouplings
  11. consciouses

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