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Asymmetric Pass-Through in U.S. Gasoline Prices

Date

June 1, 2010

This paper presents new evidence of asymmetric pass-through, the notion that upward cost shocks are passed through faster than downward cost shocks, in U.S. gasoline prices. Much of the extant...

Asymmetric Pass-Through in U.S. Gasoline Prices (1.15 MB)

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Edgeworth Price Cycles in Gasoline: Evidence from the U.S.

Date

June 1, 2010

Studies of gasoline prices in multiple countries have found a repeated sequence of asymmetric cycles where a sharp price increase is followed by gradual decreases. This price pattern is linked to...

Edgeworth Price Cycles in Gasoline: Evidence from the U.S. (233.58 KB)

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Entry Threats and Pricing in the Generic Drug Industry

Date

June 1, 2010

We provide the first analysis of potential competition in the generic drug industry. Our identification strategy exploits a provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act that rewards 180 days of marketing...

Entry Threats and Pricing in the Generic Drug Industry (93.7 KB)

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FTC Contributes Report to White House Council on Women and Girls

Date

June 1, 2010

The Federal Trade Commission has contributed a Report to the White House Council on Women and Girls, which can be found as a link to this press release. By enhancing consumer welfare, the FTC’s...

Report

Emergency Technology For Use With ATMs, Pursuant to the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009

Date

May 4, 2010

Text of the Report (120.27 KB)

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Petroleum Mergers and Competition in the Northeast United States

Date

April 1, 2010

Sunoco’s 2004 acquisition of El Paso’s, New Jersey refinery and Valero’s 2005 acquisition of Premcor’s Delaware refinery significantly consolidated refinery control in the U.S. Northeast. The Federal...

Petroleum Mergers and Competition in the Northeast United States (232.97 KB)

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The Welfare Effects of Use-or-Lose Provisions in Markets with Dominant Firms

Date

February 1, 2010

A use-or-lose provision requires firms to employ a certain minimum fraction of their productive capacity. Variants have been used by regulators in the airline, natural gas transmission, and electric...

The Welfare Effects of Use-or-Lose Provisions in Markets with Dominant Firms (204.02 KB)

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Competition, Contracts, and Innovation

Date

December 1, 2009

Our paper contributes to the literature on the relationship between innovation and market power by considering how changes in the intensity of product market competition affect innovation when...

Competition, Contracts, and Innovation (570.17 KB)

Nov19

Event

The Second Annual Microeconomics Conference

November 19, 2009 | 12:00AM - November 20, 2009 | 12:00AM

The two-day conference brought together scholars working in industrial organization, information economics, game theory, quantitative marketing, consumer behavior, and other areas related to the FTC’s...

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Economics at the FTC: Retrospective Merger Analysis with A Focus on Hospitals

Date

October 1, 2009

Economists at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) support the agency's competition and consumer protection missions. In this year's essay we discuss efforts at the FTC and elsewhere to examine...

Economics at the FTC: Retrospective Merger Analysis with A Focus on Hospitals (145.03 KB)

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The Evolution of the Baby Food Industry 2000-2008

Date

April 1, 2009

Eight years have elapsed since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prevented the merger of the formerly number two and number three baby food manufacturers in the U.S. Since the abandoned merger, the...

The Evolution of the Baby Food Industry 2000-2008 (72.63 KB)

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The Success of Divestitures in Merger Enforcement: Evidence from the J&J-Pfizer Transaction

Date

April 1, 2009

Despite being a widely used tool in merger enforcement, there have been few studies of whether antitrust divestitures are successful. We help fill this void by conducting a study of the divestitures...

The Success of Divestitures in Merger Enforcement: Evidence from the J&J-Pfizer Transaction (118.92 KB)

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The Effect of Hospital Mergers on Inpatient Prices: A Case Study of the New Hanover-Cape Fear Transaction

Date

January 1, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission initiated a Hospital Merger Retrospective Project in 2002 to analyze the effects of consummated mergers. One of the mergers studied was the 1998 acquisition by New Hanover...

The Effect of Hospital Mergers on Inpatient Prices: A Case Study of the New Hanover-Cape Fear Transaction (100.3 KB)

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Two Hospital Mergers on Chicago’s North Shore: A Retrospective Study

Date

January 1, 2009

We provide an in-depth analysis of the price effects of two hospital mergers that occurred in the north shore suburbs of Chicago in early 2000: Evanston Northwestern Healthcare’s (ENH) purchase of...

Two Hospital Mergers on Chicago’s North Shore: A Retrospective Study (347.82 KB)

Report

Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: Third Interim Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress Concerning the Accuracy of Information in Credit Reports

Date

December 1, 2008

This study examines accuracy in consumer credit reports using a nationally representative sample of consumers with credit histories. Participants in the study examined their credit reports from the...

Text of the Commission Report (121.62 KB)

Attachment 1: Privacy Policy for the Registration Web Site of the FTC Credit Report Accuracy Study (68.38 KB)

Attachment 2: Privacy Impact Assessment of the Registration Web Site for the FTC Credit Report Accuracy Study (60.26 KB)

Attachment 3: Pilot Study 2 on Processes for Determining the Accuracy of Credit Bureau Information (1.95 MB)

Nov06

Event

The First Annual Microeconomics Conference

November 6, 2008 | 12:00AM - November 7, 2008 | 12:00AM

The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics hosted a two day conference to bring together scholars working in industrial organization, information economics, game theory, quantitative marketing...

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The Price Effects of Hospital Mergers: A Case Study of the Sutter-Summit Transaction

Date

November 1, 2008

We conduct a retrospective study of the Sutter-Summit hospital merger to assess whether antitrust enforcement in this matter was appropriate. This consummated merger combined two hospitals located...

The Price Effects of Hospital Mergers: A Case Study of the Sutter-Summit Transaction (117.59 KB)

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Economics at the FTC: The Google-DoubleClick Merger, Resale Price Maintenance, Mortgage Disclosures, and Credit Scoring in Auto Insurance

Date

September 1, 2008

Economics at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) supports both the competition and consumer protection missions of the agency. In this year’s essay we discuss competition activity with a summary of our...

Economics at the FTC: The Google-DoubleClick Merger, Resale Price Maintenance, Mortgage Disclosures, and Credit Scoring in Auto Insurance (117.95 KB)

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The Role of Education in the Production of Health: An Empirical Analysis of Smoking Behavior

Date

June 1, 2008

We estimate the effect of education and student status on the propensity to smoke. Our estimation strategy accounts for the endogeneity of education by “differencing out” the impact of unobserved...

The Role of Education in the Production of Health: An Empirical Analysis of Smoking Behavior (146.93 KB)

May29

Event

Consumer Information & the Mortgage Market

May 29, 2008 | 8:00AM - 5:30PM

Housing and mortgage market turmoil is affecting the financial security of countless hardworking Americans, and raising questions about the adequacy of consumer protection regulations in mortgage and...

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