The Federal Trade Commission since 1970: Economic Regulation and Bureaucratic Behavior

by Edited by Kenneth W. Clarkson , Timothy J. Muris

• ISBN13: 9780521070256
• ISBN10: 0521070252
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The institutional setting

Statutory powers

Legislative constraints

Judicial constraints

Executive constraints

Nature and consequence of FTC actions

Bureau of Competition: antitrust enforcement activities

Information for antitrust and business activity: line-of-business reporting

Industry structure investigations: Xerox's multiple patents and competition

Exclusionary practices: shopping center restrictive covenants

Legislative powers: FTC rule making

Rewriting consumer contracts: creditors' remedies

Regulating postpurchase relations: mobile homes

Regulating information: advertising overview

Special statutes: the structure and operation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

Conclusions and reforms

Commission performance, incentives, and behaviour

What can be done?

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