Commission Actions

This report presents and analyzes empirical data on the costs of complying with regulations governing the use of LIFO, an inventory accounting system that allows firms to adjust their stated earnings...

Report

Aggregate Costs to the United States of Tariffs and Quotas on Imports: General Tariff Cuts and Removal of Quotas on Automobiles, Steel, Sugar, and Textiles

Date

December 1, 1984

Assesses the losses to U.S. consumers and producers of tariffs and quotas in four U.S. industries; estimates that the total losses of trade restrictions in these industries are nearly $13 billion...

Copy of Report (6.83 MB)

November 23, 1984

Policy Statements

FTC Policy Statement Regarding Advertising Substantiation

Date

November 23, 1984

Appended to Thompson Medical Co., 104 F.T.C. 648, 839 (1984), aff’d, 791 F.2d 189 (D.C. Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1086 (1987). Introduction On March 11, 1983, the Commission published a...

November 8, 1984

Advisory Opinions

Advisory opinion about whether the manufacturing of polypropylene using propylene as a feedstock constitutes "petrochemical processing" and is an "oil and gas related asset" within the meaning of the Consent Order issued against respondent

Date

November 8, 1984

Manufacturing of polypropylene using propylene as a feedstock constitutes "petrochemical processing" and is an "oil and gas related asset" within the meaning of the Consent Order issued against...

Advisory opinion about whether the manufacturing of polypropylene using propylene as a feedstock constitutes "petrochemical processing" and is an "oil and gas related asset" within the meaning of the Consent Order issued against respondent (239.13 KB)

October 1, 1984

Report

Specialized Assets and Taxi Regulation: An Inquiry into the Possible Efficiency Motivation of Regulation

Date

October 1, 1984

Specialized Assets and Taxi Regulation: An Inquiry into the Possible Efficiency Motivation of Regulation (648.23 KB)

Report

The Ban on Intramajor Joint Bids in Federal Petroleum Offshore Lease Sales: An Evaluation

Date

October 1, 1984

Copy of Report (2.6 MB)

September 30, 1984

Report

Annual Report 1984

Date

September 30, 1984

Annual Report 1984 (252.52 KB)

September 1, 1984

Report

The Growing Supply of Physicians: Has the Market Become More Competitive

Date

September 1, 1984

The Growing Supply of Physicians: Has the Market Become More Competitive (1.06 MB)

Report

A Bidding Analysis of Special Interest Regulation: Raising Rival's Costs in a Rent Seeking Society

Date

September 1, 1984

A Bidding Analysis of Special Interest Regulation: Raising Rival's Costs in a Rent Seeking Society (458.3 KB)

Report

The Effects of Government Policy Changes on the Supply of Physicians: Expansion of a Competitive Fringe

Date

September 1, 1984

The Effects of Government Policy Changes on the Supply of Physicians: Expansion of a Competitive Fringe (1.07 MB)

Report

Growth by Diversification: Entrepreneurial Behavior in Large-Scale United States Enterprises

Date

September 1, 1984

Growth by Diversification: Entrepreneurial Behavior in Large-Scale United States Enterprises (566.6 KB)

Report

Did Antitrust Policy Cause the Great Merger Wave?

Date

September 1, 1984

Did Antitrust Policy Cause the Great Merger Wave? (1.66 MB)

August 30, 1984

Case Timeline Item

Coastal Corporation, United States of America (For the FTC) (timeline item) - August 30, 1984

Date

August 30, 1984

Complaint For Civil Penalty (221.08 KB)

Stipulation (370.25 KB)

Competitive Impact Statement (1.97 MB)

Final Judgment (63.93 KB)

News Release (65.63 KB)

August 8, 1984

Advisory Opinions

Opinion 84-1

Date

August 8, 1984

Opines that refusal to accept a funeral because the family has purchased a third-party casket, and refusal to accept delivery of a third-party casket would be funeral rule violations.

Opinion 84-1 (75.47 KB)

August 1, 1984

Report

Impact Evaluations of Federal Trade Commission Vertical Restraints Cases

Date

August 1, 1984

Copy of Report (16.61 MB)

Report

Exclusive Dealing and Vertical Integration: The Efficiency of Contracts in the Tuna Industry

Date

August 1, 1984

Copy of Report (7.02 MB)

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