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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

Date

September 24, 2019

Bruce Hoffman, Director, Bureau of Competition

Matter Number

P180101

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Competition in Digital Technology Markets: Examining Acquisitions of Nascent or Potential Competitors by Digital Platforms” (92.36 KB)

Press Release

FTC Testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights on Competition in Digital Technology Markets

Date

September 24, 2019

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...

Report

Economics at the FTC: Quantitative Analyses of Two Chemical Manufacturing Mergers

Date

September 23, 2019

Economics at the FTC: Quantitative Analyses of Two Chemical Manufacturing Mergers (886.27 KB)

Press Release

FTC Testifies before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Date

September 17, 2019

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...

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Oversight of the Federal Antitrust Laws,” Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Date

September 17, 2019

Joseph J. Simons, Former Chairman

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Oversight of the Federal Antitrust Laws,” Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights (97.64 KB)

Report

What do course offerings imply about university preferences?

Date

July 22, 2019

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...

What do course offerings imply about university preferences? (1.6 MB)

Report

Pay Every Subject or Pay Only Some?

Date

July 22, 2019

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...

Pay Every Subject or Pay Only Some? (544.75 KB)

Report

Reduced Demand Uncertainty and the Sustainability of Collusion: How AI Could Affect Competition

Date

June 24, 2019

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...

Reduced Demand Uncertainty and the Sustainability of Collusion: How AI Could Affect Competition (992.56 KB)

Press Release

FTC to Hold Workshop Tomorrow Regarding the Impact of Certificates of Public Advantage

Date

June 17, 2019

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...

Press Release

FTC Announces Agenda for June 18 Workshop, A Health Check on COPAs

Date

June 11, 2019

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...

Press Release

In Senate Testimony, FTC Highlights Work to Protect Consumers, Promote Competition

Date

May 7, 2019

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...

Press Release

FTC to Hold Workshop on Certificates of Public Advantage in Healthcare Markets

Date

April 12, 2019

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...

Press Release

FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Continue with a Discussion of Merger Retrospectives

Date

April 11, 2019

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

Event

A Health Check on COPAs: Assessing the Impact of Certificates of Public Advantage in Healthcare Markets

June 18, 2019 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM

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

Event

Twelfth Annual Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference

November 14, 2019 | 9:00AM - 5:15PM

November 15, 2019 | 8:45AM - 12:40PM

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

Event

FTC Hearing #13: Merger Retrospectives

April 12, 2019 | 9:00AM - 5:15PM

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...

Press Release

FTC Testifies before House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law on Competition Enforcement Activities and Policy Priorities

Date

December 12, 2018

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...

Report

Economics at the FTC: Non-Price Merger Effects and Deceptive Automobile Ads

Date

December 1, 2018

Economics at the FTC: Non-Price Merger Effects and Deceptive Automobile Ads (424.97 KB)

Report

Prices for Medical Services Vary Within Hospitals, But Vary More Across Them

Date

December 1, 2018

Using commercial claims for 2012-2013 from Colorado’s All-Payer Claims Database, we examine how medical service prices vary for five hospital-based procedures and the complexity adjusted inpatient...

Prices for Medical Services Vary Within Hospitals, But Vary More Across Them (582.29 KB)

Report

Mergers of capacity-constrained firms

Date

December 1, 2018

Merging firms regularly argue that mergers involving capacity-constrained firms are unlikely to be anticompetitive, because the incentive for the merged firm to raise prices and reduce quantity may...

Mergers of capacity-constrained firms (3.85 MB)

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