Commission Actions

The proposed Code of Conduct of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America does not appear likely to have a significant anticompetitive effect and therefore, to violate Section 5 of the FTC Act...

Advisory opinion concluding that the proposed Code of Conduct of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America does not appear likely to have a significant anticompetitive effect and therefore, to violate Section 5 of the FTC Act (227.61 KB)

1 de Ene de 1991

Report

Quality Choice, Trade Policy, and Firm Incentives

Date

1 de Ene de 1991

We examine quality choice in a duopoly model with one foreign and one domestic firm. where consumers show similar preferences for quality but different preferences for brands. Firms set quality prior...

Quality Choice, Trade Policy, and Firm Incentives (707.96 KB)

Report

Do Employees Regard Wage Cuts and Layoffs as Opportunistic?

Date

1 de Ene de 1991

This paper examines whether workers are less willing to accept defined benefit pension plans (a type of implicit contract) from firms that have reduced either worker compensation or employment. Worker...

Do Employees Regard Wage Cuts and Layoffs as Opportunistic? (229.85 KB)

Report

Housing Demand and Property Tax Incidence in a Life-Cycle Framework

Date

1 de Ene de 1991

Studies of tax incidence usually present estimates based on annual data and then simply note that estimates based on lifetime information would be preferable, but are precluded by data limitations...

Housing Demand and Property Tax Incidence in a Life-Cycle Framework (401.69 KB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the FCC In the Matter of Amendment of the Commissions Rules With Regard to the Establishment and Regulation of New Digital Audio Radio Services

Date

1 de Ene de 1991

Matter Number

V900044

FTC Staff Comment Before the FCC In the Matter of Amendment of the Commissions Rules With Regard to the Establishment and Regulation of New Digital Audio Radio Services (4.96 MB)

1 de Dic de 1990

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Federal Communications Commission In The Matter of Evaluation of the Syndication and Financial Interest Rules

Date

1 de Dic de 1990

Matter Number

V910006

FTC Staff Comment Before the Federal Communications Commission In The Matter of Evaluation of the Syndication and Financial Interest Rules (12.8 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service Concerning Meat and Poultry Labeling

Date

1 de Dic de 1990

Matter Number

V910001

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service Concerning Meat and Poultry Labeling (5.62 MB)

7 de Nov de 1990

Public Statement

The Federal Trade Commission's Agenda for the 90's

Date

7 de Nov de 1990

The Federal Trade Commission's Agenda for the 90's (650.62 KB)

2 de Nov de 1990

Public Statement

Remarks before the New England Antitrust Conference

Date

2 de Nov de 1990

Remarks of Chairman Janet Steiger Before the New England Antitrust Conference (515.82 KB)

1 de Nov de 1990

Report

Estimating Producer Welfare When Input and Output Prices Change Simultaneously

Date

1 de Nov de 1990

This paper develops a measure for the change in producer welfare when both factor and product prices are changed simultaneously. Such a measure is useful when performing economic analysis of proposed...

Estimating Producer Welfare When Input and Output Prices Change Simultaneously (124.82 KB)

Report

Rent Increasing Costs: The Antitrust Implications from a Paradox in Value Theory

Date

1 de Nov de 1990

This paper explains the anticompetitive consequences of horizontal restraints by analyzing how restrictions affect the cost conditions faced by individual members of the group. Our analysis assumes...

Rent Increasing Costs: The Antitrust Implications from a Paradox in Value Theory (360.65 KB)

Advocacy Filings