Tag: Bureau of Economics

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

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...

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...