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FTC Testifies before House Appropriations Subcommittee On the Agency’s Work to Protect Consumers and Promote Competition
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In testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, the Federal Trade Commission described its work to protect consumers and promote competition...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, “Competition in Digital Technology Markets: Examining Acquisitions of Nascent or Potential Competitors by Digital Platforms," Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Bruce Hoffman, Director, Bureau of Competition
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P180101
FTC Testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights on Competition in Digital Technology Markets
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In testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, the Federal Trade Commission addressed how U.S. antitrust laws apply to acquisitions of nascent...
FTC Testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
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In testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, the Federal Trade Commission detailed recent victories in stopping anticompetitive mergers and...
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What do course offerings imply about university preferences?
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University decisions can have lasting effects on students in the labor market; however, little is known about how these decisions are made. This paper develops a new framework for empirically...
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Pay Every Subject or Pay Only Some?
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One technique employed by budget-conscious researchers is to pay only some of the subjects for their choices in an experiment. We test the effect of paying some subjects versus paying all subjects in...
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Reduced Demand Uncertainty and the Sustainability of Collusion: How AI Could Affect Competition
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We consider how technologies that eliminate sources of demand uncertainty change the character and prevalence of coordinated conduct. Our results show that mechanisms that reduce firms' uncertainty...
FTC to Hold Workshop Tomorrow Regarding the Impact of Certificates of Public Advantage
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WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop titled A Health Check on COPAs . FTC Chairman Joseph J. Simons will give the opening address. WHEN: Tuesday June 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT WHERE...
FTC Announces Agenda for June 18 Workshop, A Health Check on COPAs
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced an agenda for its upcoming workshop in Washington, DC regarding the impact of certificates of public advantage, also known as COPAs, on prices, quality...
In Senate Testimony, FTC Highlights Work to Protect Consumers, Promote Competition
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In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, the Federal Trade Commission described its work to protect consumers and promote competition...
FTC to Hold Workshop on Certificates of Public Advantage in Healthcare Markets
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On June 18, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop in Washington, DC to assess the impact of certificates of public advantage (“COPAs”) on prices, quality, access, and...
FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Continue with a Discussion of Merger Retrospectives
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What: The Federal Trade Commission will host the 13th session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. When: Friday, April 12, 9:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. Where: FTC...
Jun18
A Health Check on COPAs: Assessing the Impact of Certificates of Public Advantage in Healthcare Markets
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On June 18, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a public workshop to assess the impact of certificates of public advantage (“COPAs”) on prices, quality, access, and innovation for healthcare...
Nov14
Twelfth Annual Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference
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The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics and the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale will host a two-day conference to bring together scholars working in areas related to the FTC's...
Apr12
FTC Hearing #13: Merger Retrospectives
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The Federal Trade Commission held the thirteenth session of its Hearings Initiative, focused on the agency’s merger retrospective program, on April 12, 2019, at FTC Headquarters in Room 432. This...
FTC Testifies before House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law on Competition Enforcement Activities and Policy Priorities
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In testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, the Federal Trade Commission described its current competition enforcement activities and policy...
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