Tag: Bureau of Economics

Study finds that states using price cap regulation have 7-10 percent lower long-distance rates than states using rate-of-return regulation. In addition, state regulatory entry barriers tend to...

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...