Economic Reports

Assesses evidence on product quality problems in the used car market and looks at the effects of various state laws that attempt to improve the market.

Proceedings of a conference on consumer protection regulation. Twelve papers by academic and government economists dealing with various advertising and product quality problems.

Statistical report on grocery retailing for Census years 1954-1977. Contains SMSA concentration data and other profit and sales data.

Investigates competitive theories that form the basis of antitrust policy, using experimental methods.

Estimates the effect on consumer welfare of state laws restricting the establishment of new automobile dealerships in the vicinity of present dealers selling cars of the same make. These laws may

Examines the justification for requiring Certificate of Need approval for home health care providers. No evidence is found that home health firms located in states with these regulations achieve

A Congressionally requested cross-state empirical analysis of the effects of collective ratemaking and state regulation on auto insurance premiums. Finds that collective ratemaking has no effect on

Congressionally requested study finds that consumer information on auto insurance is widely available and that consumers use this information in making their purchases.

Assesses the value of a revision in antitrust policy that gives a special exemption to declining industries. Concludes that such an exemption would likely allow anticompetitive mergers which produce

Congressionally requested study that assesses life insurance policies and the adequacy of consumer information. Suggests that there may be information problems in some segments of the market.

An analysis of the effects of state drug product selection laws and the growth of generic drugs; looks at earlier recommendations in the FTC/FDA model statute.

The last in a series of five Annual Line of Business Reports to be published by the Commission for the years 1973-1977. The report contains industry aggregates and financial ratios compiled from line

An analysis of the recent rise in unemployment in the automobile industry; finds that the 1980-82 recession and high wages paid U.S. auto workers largely responsible for the unemployment rise; U.S

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

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