Commission Actions

Estimates the effect on consumer welfare of state laws restricting the establishment of new automobile dealerships in the vicinity of present dealers selling cars of the same make. These laws may...

Investigates competitive theories that form the basis of antitrust policy, using experimental methods.

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.

Congressionally requested study finds that consumer information on auto insurance is widely available and that consumers use this information in making their purchases.

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...