Tag: Bureau of Economics

Report finds that firms who lose litigated FTC advertising cases can suffer a 5 percent loss in market value. The report also examined NAD, NARB, and Lanham Act cases.

Report reviews all 203 public and private RPM cases from 1976 to 1982 (pre-Monsanto decision). Finds that case records are consistent with several of the efficiency-enhancing rationales for the use of...

Study evaluates the effects of CON regulation on hospital costs using 1983-1984 data for a national sample of 3708 hospitals. Study finds no evidence that CON programs have led to the resource savings...

Evaluates the literature on the "tax-incentive" hypothesis that tax provisions provide important incentives for mergers, particularly mergers which, though they may not be anticompetitive, are...

Examines empirically the effects of various state restrictions on the number and use of dental hygienists and assistants. Concludes that relaxation of restrictions on the number of hygienists that a...