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Tax Pass-Through in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel: The 2003 Washington State Nickel Funding Package Increase
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This paper considers a previously unexamined increase in excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel that were part of Washington State’s Nickel Funding Package of 2003. We fail to reject full pass...
FTC Staff Advises New York State Public Service Commission To Increase Competition in Proposal to Transform Electric Distribution System
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The Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a reply comment in response to certain comments filed with the New York State Public Service Commission (NY PSC) regarding the NY PSC staff’s proposal to...
Oct16
Seventh Annual Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference
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The Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference is held annually in the fall and brings together researchers from universities throughout the world, other government agencies, and other...
Francine Lafontaine Named Director of FTC’s Bureau of Economics
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has appointed Francine Lafontaine as Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Economics, succeeding Martin Gaynor, who is returning to Heinz College at...
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Privacy in Online Markets: A Welfare Analysis of Demand Rotations
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We compare the private and social incentives for privacy when sellers can commit to transparent privacy policies that are understood by consumers. The purpose is to establish a baseline for how well...
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All-units Discounts and Double Moral Hazard
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An all-units discount is a price reduction applied to all units purchased if the customer's total purchases equal or exceed a given quantity threshold. Since the discount is paid on all units rather...
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All-units Discounts and Double Moral Hazard
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The Impact of Outages on Prices and Investment in the US Oil Refining Industry
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This paper considers the effects of refinery outages (due to planned turn-arounds or unplanned events) on current petroleum product prices and future refinery investment. Empirical evidence on these...
Terrell McSweeny Begins Term at Federal Trade Commission
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McSweeny, named an FTC Commissioner by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate, began her official duties on April 28.
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Banning Foreign Pharmacies from Sponsored Search: The Online Consumer Response
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Increased competition from the Internet has raised a concern of product quality for online prescription drugs. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits the importation of unapproved drugs into...
FTC Staff Advises Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities On Dynamic Pricing Proposal for Residential Electricity Customers
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The Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment in response to a request from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (Mass. DPU) for comments on its investigation of...
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Market Structure as a Determinant of Patient Care Quality
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Efforts to understand the relationship between market structure and the quality of health services are complicated by the non-random character of patients' choices of where to receive care. To address...
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FTC Staff Provided Comments on Proposed CMS Contracting Changes
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Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request for public comment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), submitted comments on March 7, 2014 on CMS’s proposed changes in...
Nov07
Sixth Annual Microeconomics Conference
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The Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference is held annually in November and brings together researchers from universities throughout the world, other government agencies, and other...
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Economics at the FTC: Physician Acquisitions, Standard Essential Patents, and Accuracy of Credit Reporting
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Economists at the Federal Trade Commission pursue the agency’s competition and consumer protection missions. In this year’s essay, with respect to antitrust we discuss the analysis that is used in two...
FTC Announces Appointments to Agency Leadership Positions
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced three appointments to leadership positions in the agency. “It’s gratifying to have such great additions to the FTC’s leadership team,”...
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Merger Policy at the Margin: Western Refining’s Acquisition of Giant Industries
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In May 2007 the Federal Trade Commission failed to win a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court that would have blocked the merger of two refiners that served Albuquerque, NM and surrounding...
Economics Director Howard Shelanski Departs FTC
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced today that Howard Shelanski, Director of the Bureau of Economics, is departing the agency today to become the Administrator of the Office of...
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Decomposing the American Obesity Epidemic
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In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity in America has increased dramatically. Though it has attracted less attention, the demographic composition of the American population also changed during...
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