Econ & Regulation Consumer Welfare: Economic Regulation and Bureaucratic Behavior
Cambridge University Press, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521070256, ISBN10: 0521070252
Paperback, 392 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
To those who study or work in government regulation of business, the Federal Trade Commission has been of intense interest since 1969. Regarded before 1969 as dormant and ineffective, the FTC has become widely viewed as a major agency focusing on problems that affect most American consumers and businesses. This book, the work of Contributors under the editorship of Kenneth W. Clarkson and Timothy J. Muris, is a comprehensive attempt to analyse the 'revitalized' FTC.
1. Introduction Timothy J. Muris and Kenneth W. Clarkson
Part I. The institutional setting
2. Statutory powers Timothy J. Muris
3. Legislative constraints Kenneth W. Clarkson
4. Judicial constraints Timothy J. Muris
5. Executive constraints Kenneth W. Clarkson
Part II. Nature and consequence of FTC actions
6. Bureau of Competition
antitrust enforcement activities Wesley J. Liebeler
7 Information for antitrust and business activity
line-of-business reporting William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga
8. Industry structure investigations
Xerox's multiple patents and competition Charles J. Goetz and Warren F. Schwartz
9. Exclusionary practices
shopping center restrictive covenants Kenneth W. Clarkson, Timothy J. Muris, and Donald L. Martin
10. Legislative powers
FTC rule making Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr.
11.Rewriting consumer contracts
creditors' remedies Richard L. Peterson
12 Regulating postpurchase relations
mobile homes Louis De Alessi
13 Regulating information
advertising overview Mark F. Grady
14. Special statutes
the structure and operation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act George L. Priest
Part III. Conclusions and reforms
15. Commission performance, incentives, and behaviour Kenneth W. Clarkson and Timothy J. Muris
16. What can be done? Timothy J. Muris.