. What is the effect of fines on companies who are found guilty of price fixing? They take a huge financial hit, deterring them from repeating the crime. The fine they pay is much less than the profit they made from their crime. They must refund all the money they made from their crime. The fine is a penalty that causes most of them to go out of business.

They take a huge financial hit, deterring them from repeating the crime.

Explanation:

Price fixing is a situation whereby companies come together in order to sell a particular good at a fixed price and the price won't be sold below that price.

The effect of fines on companies who are found guilty of price fixing will be that such companies will take a huge financial hit, which will deter them from repeating such crime.

answer:

conformity to the law or to rules.

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