Definition of Robinson Patman Act



Robinson Patman act is a federal law that regulates and enforces the fair prices of saleable goods irrespective of the buyer and quantity. The law was formed to counter the monopolistic measures where buyers willing to purchase in bulk will receive bulk discounts and enjoy profits and small buyers will have to pay a higher price.

 


This law is applied to goods not on services. The law applies to all goods that are almost homogeneous in quality and takes short time to produce. However, the wholesale traders are only affected by this law as far as the buyers are all retailers.


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