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This study presents the results of 36 in-depth interviews with recent mortgage customers, and quantitative consumer testing with over 800 mortgage customers, that examined how consumers search for...

Executive Summary of the Report (116.74 KB)

Text of the Report (3.09 MB)

Sample Prototype Disclosure Form (259.39 KB)

Sample Current Disclosure Forms (1.31 MB)

Report

Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy Staff Report

Date

June 1, 2007

Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy Staff Report (878.67 KB)

Report

Children's Exposure to Television Advertising in 1977 and 2004: Information for the Obesity Debate: A Bureau of Economics Staff Report

Date

June 1, 2007

This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the amount and type of television advertising seen by children in 2004 and compares these results to similar studies conducted for the Federal Trade...

Black and white version of the report (740.54 KB)

Color version of the report (665.65 KB)

An Analysis of Exposure to Non-Network Television Advertising, Prepared for the Children's Advertising (3.52 MB)

Network and Non-Network Sources of Programming and Advertising for Children, Prepared for the Children's Advertising Rulemaking Proceeding (8.73 MB)

Report

Pricing Behavior of Multi-Product Retailers

Date

June 1, 2007

While retail sales are an important economic phenomenon, previous research has not explored how the multiproduct nature of consumers’ purchasing decisions affects the pricing dynamics of multiproduct...

Pricing Behavior of Multi-Product Retailers (200.41 KB)

Report

2006 Audit of the National Center for Dispute Settlement Automobile Warranty Arbitration Program

Date

June 1, 2007

2006 Audit of the National Center for Dispute Settlement Automobile Warranty Arbitration Program (822.79 KB)

Press Release

Children Not Seeing More Food Ads on Television

Date

June 1, 2007

Today’s children see more promotional ads for other programming, but fewer paid ads and fewer minutes of advertising on television, according to a report released today by the staff of the Federal...

Press Release

Graduate as a Well-Educated Consumer, Too

Date

June 1, 2007

It is graduation time, with schools celebrating their students accomplishments and their readiness to move on to the next challenge. The Federal Trade Commission offers its own commencement advice for...

Press Release

Commission Approves Filing of Joint FTC/DOJ Comments with Michigan Governor on Real Estate Services Provision; FTC Receives Two Petitions for Proposed Divestitures from SCI and Alderwoods Group

Date

June 1, 2007

Commission approval of joint FTC/DOJ comments:The Commission has approved the filing of joint FTC/DOJ comments with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm regarding Michigan House Bill (HB) 4416, which...

Press Release

International Competition Network Presents Report on Unilateral Conduct and Announces Merger Convergence Project at its Sixth Annual Conference

Date

June 1, 2007

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the sixth Annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Moscow, Russia, took significant steps toward strengthening antitrust...

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