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Prices for Medical Services Vary Within Hospitals, But Vary More Across Them
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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...
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Mergers of capacity-constrained firms
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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...
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Mergers of capacity-constrained firms
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Dec07
Consumer Protection Economics Symposium
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The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics hosted a one-day symposium on the economics of consumer protection, in conjunction with Economic Inquiry’s special Symposium Issue on Consumer...
FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Continue with Discussion of Innovation and IP Policy
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WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the fourth session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. WHEN: Tuesday, October 23 and Wednesday, October 24...
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FTC Informational Injury Workshop: BE and BCP Staff Perspective
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Text of the Commission Staff Perspective
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FTC Releases Staff Perspective Examining Informational Injuries
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Staff of the Federal Trade Commission released a new paper today outlining key takeaways from a December 12, 2017 workshop examining injuries consumers may suffer from privacy and security incidents...
FTC Announces Agenda for Fifth Session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century
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The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for the fifth session of its Hearings initiative, with a one-day session to be held at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. on...
FTC Announces Agenda for the Fourth Session of Its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century
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The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for the fourth session of its Hearings initiative, with two full days to be held at the FTC in Washington D.C. on October 23-24, 2018. The two-day...
FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Continue with Discussions on Multi-Sided Platform Businesses, Acquisitions of Nascent Competitors, and Antitrust in Labor Markets
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WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the third session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. WHEN: Monday, October 15 through Wednesday, October 17...
FTC Testifies before Subcommittee of Senate Committee on the Judiciary Regarding Oversight of Antitrust Enforcement
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In testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, the Federal Trade Commission described its enforcement of antitrust laws, its advocacy work, and...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Oversight of Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws,” Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate
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Joseph J. Simons, Former Chairman
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P180101
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Text of the Commission Testimony
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FTC Announces Agenda for the Third Session of Its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century
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The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for its Hearings initiative with three full-day sessions, co-sponsored with the Global Antitrust Institute and held at the Antonin Scalia Law School...
FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Continue Friday with Discussions on U.S. Antitrust Law and Monopsony Power
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WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the second session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. WHEN: Friday September 21, 9:00 am-4:30 pm ET. WHERE: FTC’s...
Sep13
FTC Hearing #1: The Current Landscape of Competition and Privacy Law and Policy
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The Federal Trade Commission began its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century with a full-day session, co-sponsored with and held at the Georgetown University Law Center...
FTC Announces Second Session of Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century September 21 at the FTC
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The FTC will hold the second session of its hearings initiative with a full-day event on Sep. 21 at its Constitution Center facilities in Washington, D.C. The event will be webcast live. Commissioner...
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Simulating Hospital Merger Simulations
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We assess the performance of three hospital merger simulation methods by means of a Monte Carlo experiment. We first specify a rich theoretical model of hospital markets and use it to generate “true”...
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Simulating Hospital Merger Simulations
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FTC Announces Opening Session of Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century September 13-14 at Georgetown University Law Center
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The FTC will begin its Hearings Initiative with two full-day sessions, co-sponsored with and held at the Georgetown University Law Center. The Georgetown event will be the first in a series of...
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The effects of physician and hospital integration on Medicare beneficiaries’ health outcomes
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We consider whether hospital acquisitions of physicians lead to improved clinical outcomes for Medicare patients aged 65 and older. The analysis combines 2005-2012 Medicare fee-for-service and...
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Which Communities Complain to Policymakers? Evidence from Consumer Sentinel
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I use a large database of millions of complaints to examine how per-capita complaint rates vary across communities, as well as heterogeneity in complaining across different agencies and consumer...
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