Commission Actions

This paper compares two econometric methods that have been proposed for market definition: price correlations and residual demand curve estimation. Econometric theory is used to demonstrate that price...

Why Price Correlations Do Not Define Antitrust Markets: On Econometric Algorithms for Market Definition (1.17 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the New Mexico Attorney General Concerning State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Proposal to Remove Restrictions on Price Advertising, Superiority Claims, and Yellow Page Advertising

Date

January 1, 1987

Matter Number

P874627

FTC Staff Comment Before the New Mexico Attorney General Concerning State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Proposal to Remove Restrictions on Price Advertising, Superiority Claims, and Yellow Page Advertising (3.34 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Concerning Inquiry Into Alleged Anticompetitive Practices Related to Marketing Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines

Date

January 1, 1987

Matter Number

P874632

Docket Number

RM87-5-00

FTC Staff Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Concerning Inquiry Into Alleged Anticompetitive Practices Related to Marketing Affiliates of Interstate Pipelines (15.09 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the State Bar of California Concerning Proposed Rule Changes on Attorney Advertising and Solicitation

Date

January 1, 1987

Matter Number

P874630

FTC Staff Comment Before the State Bar of California Concerning Proposed Rule Changes on Attorney Advertising and Solicitation (3.19 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Virginia Real Estate Board Concerning Proposal to Permit All Brokers to do Business Through More than One Firm

Date

January 1, 1987

Matter Number

P874628

FTC Staff Comment Before the Virginia Real Estate Board Concerning Proposal to Permit All Brokers to do Business Through More than One Firm (3.16 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the South Carolina Legislative Audit Council Concerning Possible Restrictive or Anticompetitive Practices in the Statutes of Certain Agencies

Date

January 1, 1987

Matter Number

V880008

FTC Staff Comment Before the South Carolina Legislative Audit Council Concerning Possible Restrictive or Anticompetitive Practices in the Statutes of Certain Agencies (4.63 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Concerning Use of Certain Terms in the Labeling and Advertising of Malt Beverages

Date

January 1, 1987

Matter Number

P874631

FTC Staff Comment Before the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Concerning Use of Certain Terms in the Labeling and Advertising of Malt Beverages (5.74 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Hon. Burton Natarus Concerning Ordinances Regulating Chicago Taxis

Date

January 1, 1987

Matter Number

P874629

FTC Staff Comment Before the Hon. Burton Natarus Concerning Ordinances Regulating Chicago Taxis (4.79 MB)

December 3, 1986

Public Statement

The Impact of State Efforts to Regulate Advertising

Date

December 3, 1986

The Impact of State Efforts to Regulate Advertising (578.15 KB)

Advisory Opinions

Advisory opinion concluding that proposed barter program with foreign countries for phosphate rock would avoid respondent's involvement in other than export trade and falls under the protection of the Webb-Pomerene Act

Date

December 3, 1986

Proposed barter program with foreign countries for phosphate rock would avoid respondent's involvement in other than export trade and falls under the protection of the Webb-Pomerene Act, Decisions...

Advisory opinion concluding that proposed barter program with foreign countries for phosphate rock would avoid respondent's involvement in other than export trade and falls under the protection of the Webb-Pomerene Act (247.26 KB)