TY - JOUR T1 - Taking versus taxing: an analysis of conscription in a private information economy AN - 1801840252 AB - Most countries currently man their militaries through conscription (i.e., a draft). Conventional wisdom suggests that, by lowering the budgetary cost of the military, a draft reduces distortionary taxation, especially when military needs are large. We find that this intuition is misguided. When income taxes are set optimally, voluntary enlistments lead to less distortionary taxation than a draft, because the tax base left behind by a volunteer army tends to be more productive than that after a draft. For reasonable parameter values, drafts are more distortionary (and less socially desirable) when military needs are large. JF - Public Choice AU - Koch, Thomas AU - Birchenall, Javier AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, USA ; University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Y1 - 2016/06// PY - 2016 DA - Jun 2016 SP - 177 EP - 199 CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer Science & Business Media VL - 167 IS - 3-4 SN - 0048-5829 KW - Political Science KW - Conscription KW - Optimal taxation KW - Tax distortion KW - Army KW - Draft (Military) KW - Taxicabs KW - Values KW - Taxation KW - 9141:political economy; political economy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1801840252?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Public+Choice&rft.atitle=Taking+versus+taxing%3A+an+analysis+of+conscription+in+a+private+information+economy&rft.au=Koch%2C+Thomas%3BBirchenall%2C+Javier&rft.aulast=Koch&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft.date=2016-06-01&rft.volume=167&rft.issue=3-4&rft.spage=177&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Public+Choice&rft.issn=00485829&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11127-016-0334-7 LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Copyright - Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016 N1 - Last updated - 2016-08-16 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11127-016-0334-7 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Petrology and Geochemistry of Chintalapalle lamproite , Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India AN - 1861085180; 784656-11 AB - A new lamproite has been reported in Eastern Dharwar Craton in Chintalpalle village, Mahbubnagar district, Telangana. Megascopically the lamproite is, fine-grained, highly altered, grey, hard and compact, carbonatised, containing rounded to elliptical pseudomorphs of microphenocrysts of feldspar and platy to fibrous potassic richterite in a groundmass of carbonate, chlorite, apatite and sphene. It is ultrapotassic i.e., K2O/Na2O >3wt% and peralkaline nature with K2O+Na2O/Al2O3>0.7 wt%. The Chintalapalle lamproite together with those of Krishna, Vattikod, Ramadugu and Cuddapah Basin lamproites shows a large regional framework of mantle magmatism emplaced in and around the Cuddapah basin. Petrographic studies reveal the presence of porphyritic texture comprising microphenocrysts of sanidine and richterite set in a groundmass rich in carbonate, and chlorite with rutile and titanite as accessory phases. This Lamproite is characterized by low SiO2 (43.48 - 44.96%), low Al2O3 (6.49-6.54%), Fe2O3 (9.82-10.07%), high MgO (11.53 -12.18%), high TiO2 (3.44-3.48%), high K2O(3.51-3.67%) with moderate content of Na2O (1.09-1.12%). The lamproite shows elevated levels of Ba (395-494ppm), Ni (356-381ppm), Cr (329-350pm) and Sc (15-1.9) ppm. Figure 1: Spider plot (Nakamura 1974) of REE data of Chintalpalle lamproite compared with other Indian and West Kimberley Lamproites. The LREE enrichment varies between 250-350 with respect of Chondrite (Nakamura, 1974) and the chondrite normalized REE plot indicates that this lamproite compares well with other Indian and West Kimberley lamproites(Figure-1). Geochemical characteristics such as high Mg6.40-57.87), abundance of compatible elements (Ni, Cr and Co), and low HREE contents imply a refractory mantle source that had experienced previous melt extraction (e.g. Mitchell and Bergman 1991). High (La/Yb)n varying between 49.68-55.17 and low HREE contents also imply generation of the lamproite magma by small degrees of partial melting from an enriched (metasomatised) mantle source within the garnet stability field. JF - International Geological Congress, Abstracts = Congres Geologique International, Resumes AU - Pankaj, Praveer AU - Kumar, Alok AU - Rao, K K AU - Anonymous Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 DA - 2016 EP - Abstract 220 PB - [International Geological Congress], [location varies] VL - 35 UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1861085180?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ageorefinprocess&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+Geological+Congress%2C+Abstracts+%3D+Congres+Geologique+International%2C+Resumes&rft.atitle=Petrology+and+Geochemistry+of+Chintalapalle+lamproite+%2C+Eastern+Dharwar+Craton%2C+Southern+India&rft.au=Pankaj%2C+Praveer%3BKumar%2C+Alok%3BRao%2C+K+K%3BAnonymous&rft.aulast=Pankaj&rft.aufirst=Praveer&rft.date=2016-01-01&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+Geological+Congress%2C+Abstracts+%3D+Congres+Geologique+International%2C+Resumes&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.americangeosciences.org/sites/default/files/igc/220.pdf LA - English DB - GeoRef N1 - Conference title - 35th international geological congress N1 - Copyright - GeoRef in Process, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. After editing and indexing, this record will be added to Georef. Reference includes data supplied by International Geological Congress Organizational Committee N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-24 N1 - CODEN - IGABBY ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Merger policy at the margin: western refining's acquisition of giant industries AN - 1698958855; 4692168 AB - In May 2007, a United States District Court declined to grant the Federal Trade Commission a preliminary injunction that would have blocked the merger of two petroleum refiners that served Albuquerque, New Mexico, and surrounding areas. This study compares estimates of the post-merger price effect to the price effects that were predicted by economic experts on both sides of the case. I find little scope to interpret the evidence as consistent with an anticompetitive post-merger price effect. I also highlight the difficulties that are involved in econometrically identifying small effects even with an abundance of pricing data. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Kreisle, Nicholas AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2015/08// PY - 2015 DA - Aug 2015 SP - 71 EP - 89 VL - 47 IS - 1 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Economic analysis KW - Mergers KW - Estimation KW - Econometrics KW - New Mexico KW - U.S.A. 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AN - 1695988490; 4685765 AB - This paper uses a theoretical model to examine whether variation in the timing of negotiations between buyers and sellers can alter the effects of mergers between sellers. The model shows that mergers between horizontally overlapping firms lead to price increases regardless of how negotiations take place. In contrast, mergers between firms in different markets can only lead to higher compensation for the combined firm when negotiations occur sequentially. However, any price effects from out-of-market mergers stem from a mechanical redistribution of existing market power and not from a loss in competition. Published 2014. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. Copyright John Wiley & Sons. Reproduced with permission. An electronic version of this article is available online at http://www.interscience.wiley.com JF - Managerial and decision economics AU - Wilson, Nathan E AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2015/07// PY - 2015 DA - Jul 2015 SP - 336 EP - 344 VL - 36 IS - 5 SN - 0143-6570, 0143-6570 KW - Economics KW - Decision making KW - Economic analysis KW - Mergers KW - Bargaining KW - Market power KW - U.S.A. 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Surprisingly, there is little evidence that efficiencies can offset incentives to raise prices following mergers. We estimate the effects of increased concentration and efficiencies on pricing by using panel scanner data and geographic variation in how the merger of the brewers Miller and Coors was expected to increase concentration and reduce costs. All else equal, the average predicted increase in concentration led to price increases of 2%, but at the mean this was offset by a nearly equal and opposite efficiency effect. Reprinted by permission of RAND Journal of Economics JF - RAND journal of economics AU - Ashenfelter, Orley C AU - Hosken, Daniel S AU - Weinberg, Matthew C AD - Princeton University ; US Federal Trade Commission ; Drexel University Y1 - 2015/06// PY - 2015 DA - Jun 2015 SP - 328 EP - 361 VL - 46 IS - 2 SN - 0741-6261, 0741-6261 KW - Economics KW - Beer KW - Pricing KW - Economic efficiency KW - Mergers KW - Consumers KW - Geographic location KW - U.S.A. 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We test this theory by revealing second-mover histories from an earlier FRPD experiment to their current opponent. Despite eliminating the possibility of reputation-building, aggregate cooperation actually increases when histories are revealed. Cooperative histories lead to increased trust, but negative histories do not cause decreased trust. We develop a behavioral model to explain these findings. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Economic theory AU - Cox, Caleb A AU - Jones, Matthew T AU - Pflum, Kevin E AU - Healy, Paul J AD - Durham University ; Federal Trade Commission ; University of Alabama ; Ohio State University Y1 - 2015/04// PY - 2015 DA - Apr 2015 SP - 441 EP - 484 VL - 58 IS - 3 SN - 0938-2259, 0938-2259 KW - Economics KW - Strategic planning KW - Experiments KW - Prisoner's dilemma KW - Trust KW - History KW - Cooperation KW - Beliefs UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1672876238?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Economic+theory&rft.atitle=Revealed+reputations+in+the+finitely+repeated+prisoners%27+dilemma&rft.au=Cox%2C+Caleb+A%3BJones%2C+Matthew+T%3BPflum%2C+Kevin+E%3BHealy%2C+Paul+J&rft.aulast=Cox&rft.aufirst=Caleb&rft.date=2015-04-01&rft.volume=58&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=441&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Economic+theory&rft.issn=09382259&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs00199-015-0863-1 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2015-04-13 N1 - Last updated - 2015-04-14 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 2859; 4636 6845 6564 12622; 10178 5403 8010 4025; 1547; 12305 9560; 5889; 13012 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00199-015-0863-1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Vertical separation increases gasoline prices AN - 1667352935; 4658935 AB - I examine the relationship between vertical separation and gasoline stations' prices and sales. The endogeneity of stations' organizational forms is addressed using both panel methods and an instrumental variables strategy. Controlling for the endogeneity of form, I find that vertical separation raises margins by 25%-45% but does not have a statistically significant impact on output. I interpret these results as suggesting that vertical separation induces local agents to exert effort in ways that increase consumers' demand. (JEL L14, L24, L81) Reprinted by permission of Wiley-Blackwell JF - Economic inquiry AU - Wilson, Nathan E AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2015/04// PY - 2015 DA - Apr 2015 SP - 1380 EP - 1391 VL - 53 IS - 2 SN - 0095-2583, 0095-2583 KW - Economics KW - Sales KW - Petrol KW - Statistics KW - Demand KW - Consumers KW - Oil price UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1667352935?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Economic+inquiry&rft.atitle=Vertical+separation+increases+gasoline+prices&rft.au=Wilson%2C+Nathan+E&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=Nathan&rft.date=2015-04-01&rft.volume=53&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=1380&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Economic+inquiry&rft.issn=00952583&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fecin.12203 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2015-03-30 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-30 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 9450 9451; 8898 10107; 2803 3874 556; 11239; 3371 3934; 12233 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12203 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dynamics in a mature industry: entry, exit, and growth of big-box grocery retailers AN - 1667352479; 4659071 AB - This paper measures market dynamics within the U.S. grocery industry (defined as supermarket, supercenter, and club retailers). We find that despite being a mature industry, the grocery industry is remarkably dynamic. Each year retailers open or close roughly 7% of U.S. stores. We also find significant changes in the size of firms' operations within markets over time. These changes in relative size are largely the result of expansion or contraction by incumbents rather than the result of firm entry or exit. In fact, entry and exit are quite rare, except by small firms. Moreover, only in small markets do new entrants gain substantial market share. Reprinted by permission of the MIT Press JF - Journal of economics and management strategy AU - Olson, Luke M AU - Smith, Loren K AU - Hanner, Daniel AU - Hosken, Daniel AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2015/03// PY - 2015 DA - Mar 2015 SP - 22 EP - 46 VL - 24 IS - 1 SN - 1058-6407, 1058-6407 KW - Economics KW - Retail trade KW - Supermarkets KW - Market KW - Enterprises KW - U.S.A. KW - Expansionism KW - Dynamics UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1667352479?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+economics+and+management+strategy&rft.atitle=Dynamics+in+a+mature+industry%3A+entry%2C+exit%2C+and+growth+of+big-box+grocery+retailers&rft.au=Olson%2C+Luke+M%3BSmith%2C+Loren+K%3BHanner%2C+Daniel%3BHosken%2C+Daniel&rft.aulast=Olson&rft.aufirst=Luke&rft.date=2015-03-01&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=22&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+economics+and+management+strategy&rft.issn=10586407&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fjems.12087 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2015-03-30 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-30 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 3787; 4300; 7711; 4611 5200 5574 10472; 12394 10980 12812; 10980 12812; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jems.12087 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Impatience, incentives and obesity AN - 1667352804; 4658796 AB - This article explores the relationship between time preferences, economic incentives and body mass index (BMI). We provide evidence of an interaction effect between time preference and food prices, with cheaper food leading to the largest weight gains among those exhibiting the most impatience. The interaction of changing economic incentives with heterogeneous discounting may help explain why increases in BMI have been concentrated amongst the distribution's right tail. We also model time-inconsistent preferences by computing individuals' quasi-hyperbolic discounting parameters. Both long-run patience and present-bias predict BMI, suggesting obesity is partly attributable to both rational intertemporal tradeoffs and time inconsistency. Reprinted by permission of Blackwell Publishers JF - Economic journal AU - Courtemanche, Charles AU - Heutel, Garth AU - Mcalvanah, Patrick AD - Georgia State University ; University of North Carolina ; Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2015/02// PY - 2015 DA - Feb 2015 SP - 1 EP - 31 VL - 125 IS - 582 SN - 0013-0133, 0013-0133 KW - Economics KW - Food prices KW - Obesity KW - Preferences KW - Distribution KW - Bias KW - Economic incentives UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1667352804?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Economic+journal&rft.atitle=Impatience%2C+incentives+and+obesity&rft.au=Courtemanche%2C+Charles%3BHeutel%2C+Garth%3BMcalvanah%2C+Patrick&rft.aulast=Courtemanche&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft.date=2015-02-01&rft.volume=125&rft.issue=582&rft.spage=1&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Economic+journal&rft.issn=00130133&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fecoj.12124 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2015-03-30 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-30 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 3944 3889 6071 1542 11325; 8823; 10016; 5133 10107; 1565 1362 2688 2449 10404; 3641 12233 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12124 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A brief history of the FTC's bureau of economics: reports, mergers, and information regulation AN - 1655760439; 4644960 AB - Although there are numerous histories of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), there has been little focus on sub-organizations of the FTC. While this history of one sub-organization, the Bureau of Economics, is a description of the role of economists in antitrust and consumer protection, it also provides an example of an entity that serves an economic staff function for a larger organization run largely by attorneys. That arrangement is not uncommon in the federal government, since many government agencies utilize economists and only one, the Federal Reserve, is run by economists. Despite this organizational structure, economists at the FTC have had a significant role since its 1914 founding, and in the most recent 40_years, those economists have produced work that not only made the FTC a more efficient and effective regulator, but also enhanced the knowledge of economists generally in areas of FTC specialty. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Pautler, Paul A AD - Formerly Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2015/02// PY - 2015 DA - Feb 2015 SP - 59 EP - 94 VL - 46 IS - 1 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Economists KW - Mergers KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Organizational structure KW - Consumer protection KW - Mortgages UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1655760439?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=A+brief+history+of+the+FTC%27s+bureau+of+economics%3A+reports%2C+mergers%2C+and+information+regulation&rft.au=Pautler%2C+Paul+A&rft.aulast=Pautler&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft.date=2015-02-01&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=59&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-014-9430-3 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2015-02-18 N1 - Last updated - 2015-02-18 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1123 7321; 2798 2534 7253; 8299; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 9028; 4042 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-014-9430-3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The impact of a public option in the US health insurance market AN - 1636461045; 4626092 AB - We develop a game-theoretical framework to examine the implications of the introduction of a nonprofit 'public option' in the U.S. health insurance market. In this model, heterogeneous consumers have to choose between two competing insurance plans. One plan is offered by a profit-maximizing private insurer; the other by social-welfare-maximizing public option. In equilibrium, the distinct objectives of the two insurers induce adverse selection in consumer choice: the public option covers the less healthy consumers, yielding the more profitable segment of market to the private insurer. However, our empirical results suggest that both insurers will capture significant parts of the health insurance market. (JEL I11, L10, L21, L32) Reprinted by permission of Wiley-Blackwell JF - Economic inquiry AU - Barbos, Andrei AU - Deng, Yi AD - University of South Florida ; US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2015/01// PY - 2015 DA - Jan 2015 SP - 508 EP - 521 VL - 53 IS - 1 SN - 0095-2583, 0095-2583 KW - Economics KW - Consumer preferences KW - Equilibrium KW - Profit KW - Market KW - Health insurance KW - U.S.A. KW - Models UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1636461045?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Economic+inquiry&rft.atitle=The+impact+of+a+public+option+in+the+US+health+insurance+market&rft.au=Barbos%2C+Andrei%3BDeng%2C+Yi&rft.aulast=Barbos&rft.aufirst=Andrei&rft.date=2015-01-01&rft.volume=53&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=508&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Economic+inquiry&rft.issn=00952583&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fecin.12132 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2014-12-16 N1 - Last updated - 2014-12-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 5784 6592 4957 11923 11949 13521; 8163; 2795; 10304; 4375; 7711; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12132 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economics at the FTC: office supply retailers redux, healthcare quality efficiencies analysis, and litigation of an alleged get-rich-quick scheme AN - 1634461355; 4623996 AB - We discuss in this essay three of the matters on which economists in the Bureau of Economics (BE) at the Federal Trade Commission have worked this past year. BE revisited familiar ground in the first matter, a proposed merger of office supply retailers. The second part of the essay considers efficiency claims in health care mergers, with focus on the acquisition of a physician group by a health care system in Idaho. The final part of the essay discusses empirical work that was undertaken by the Bureau to investigate claims made by marketers of an alleged get-rich-quick scheme. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Brand, Keith AU - Gaynor, Martin AU - McAlvanah, Patrick AU - Schmidt, David AU - Schneirov, Elizabeth AD - Federal Trade Commission ; Carnegie Mellon University Y1 - 2014/12// PY - 2014 DA - Dec 2014 SP - 325 EP - 344 VL - 45 IS - 4 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - U.S.A. KW - Idaho KW - Retail trade KW - Doctors KW - Health care KW - Fraud KW - Acquisitions KW - Litigation KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Consumer protection UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1634461355?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Economics+at+the+FTC%3A+office+supply+retailers+redux%2C+healthcare+quality+efficiencies+analysis%2C+and+litigation+of+an+alleged+get-rich-quick+scheme&rft.au=Brand%2C+Keith%3BGaynor%2C+Martin%3BMcAlvanah%2C+Patrick%3BSchmidt%2C+David%3BSchneirov%2C+Elizabeth&rft.aulast=Brand&rft.aufirst=Keith&rft.date=2014-12-01&rft.volume=45&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=325&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-014-9444-x LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2014-12-09 N1 - Last updated - 2014-12-09 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1123 7321; 2798 2534 7253; 5270 3035 3015 11881 2909; 10980 12812; 5775 13521; 4025; 7468 7014 7019 7016 9965 7253; 547 2527 3896 3921; 3675 10299 13682 7883 8864; 173 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-014-9444-x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - (18)F-FPPRGD2 PET/CT: pilot phase evaluation of breast cancer patients. AN - 1616479957; 25033190 AB - To present data from the first prospective pilot phase trial of breast cancer participants imaged with fluorine 18 ((18)F)-2-fluoropropionyl-labeled PEGylated dimeric arginine-glycine-aspartic acid ( RGD arginine-glycine-aspartic acid ) peptide (PEG3-E[c{ RGD arginine-glycine-aspartic acid yk}]2) ( FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) ), a radiopharmaceutical agent used in positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging. The local institutional review board approved the HIPAA-compliant protocol. Written informed consent was obtained from each patient. Eight women (age range, 44-67 years; mean age, 54.3 years ± 8.8 [standard deviation]) with newly diagnosed or recurrent breast cancer were recruited between November 2010 and February 2011. (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) PET/computed tomographic (CT) and (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( FDG fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose ) PET/CT examinations were performed within 3 weeks of each other. Dynamic (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) PET and two whole-body static (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) PET/CT scans were obtained. During this time, vital signs and electrocardiograms were recorded at regular intervals. Blood samples were obtained before the injection of (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) and at 24 hours and 1 week after injection to evaluate for toxicity. A nonparametric version of multivariate analysis of variance was used to assess the safety outcome measures simultaneously across time points. A paired two-sample t test was performed to compare the maximum standardized uptake values ( SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value ). (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) was well tolerated, without noticeable changes in vital signs, on electrocardiograms, or in laboratory values. A total of 30 lesions were evaluated at (18)F- FDG fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT and (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) PET/CT. The primary breast lesions had (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) uptake with SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value of 2.4-9.4 (mean, 5.6 ± 2.8) 60 minutes after injection, compared with (18)F- FDG fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake with SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value of 2.8-18.6 (mean, 10.4 ± 7.2). Metastatic lesions also showed (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) uptake, with SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value of 2.4-9.7 (mean, 5.0 ± 2.3) at 60 minutes, compared with (18)F- FDG fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake with SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value of 2.2-14.6 (mean, 6.6 ± 4.2). Data from this pilot phase study suggest that (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) is a safe PET radiopharmaceutical agent. Evaluation of (18)F- FPPRGD2 2-fluoropropionyl labeled PEGylated dimeric RGD peptide (PEG3-E[c{RGDyk}]2) in participants with breast cancer demonstrated significant uptake in the primary lesion and in the metastases. Larger cohorts are required to confirm these preliminary findings. JF - Radiology AU - Iagaru, Andrei AU - Mosci, Camila AU - Shen, Bin AU - Chin, Frederick T AU - Mittra, Erik AU - Telli, Melinda L AU - Gambhir, Sanjiv Sam AD - From the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (A.I., C.M., E.M.), Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (B.S., F.T.C.), Division of Medical Oncology (M.L.T.), and Departments of Radiology, Bioengineering, and Materials Science and Engineering (S.S.G.), Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, Room H-0101, Stanford, CA 94305. Y1 - 2014/11// PY - 2014 DA - November 2014 SP - 549 EP - 559 VL - 273 IS - 2 KW - Fluorine Radioisotopes KW - 0 KW - Oligopeptides KW - Radiopharmaceuticals KW - arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid KW - 78VO7F77PN KW - Abridged Index Medicus KW - Index Medicus KW - Sensitivity and Specificity KW - Positron-Emission Tomography KW - Humans KW - Adult KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed KW - Pilot Projects KW - Middle Aged KW - Female KW - Breast Neoplasms -- diagnostic imaging KW - Multimodal Imaging UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1616479957?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Radiology&rft.atitle=%2818%29F-FPPRGD2+PET%2FCT%3A+pilot+phase+evaluation+of+breast+cancer+patients.&rft.au=Iagaru%2C+Andrei%3BMosci%2C+Camila%3BShen%2C+Bin%3BChin%2C+Frederick+T%3BMittra%2C+Erik%3BTelli%2C+Melinda+L%3BGambhir%2C+Sanjiv+Sam&rft.aulast=Iagaru&rft.aufirst=Andrei&rft.date=2014-11-01&rft.volume=273&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=549&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Radiology&rft.issn=1527-1315&rft_id=info:doi/10.1148%2Fradiol.14140028 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2015-03-06 N1 - Date created - 2014-10-24 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-14 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-19 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.14140028 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Unintentional lethal overdose with metildigoxin in a 36-week-old infant--post mortem tissue distribution of metildigoxin and its metabolites by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. AN - 1547543706; 24889325 AB - A massive lethal overdose with beta-metildigoxin in a 36-week-old infant is presented. Determination of beta-metildigoxin and its metabolites digoxin, digoxigenin and digoxigenin-monodigitoxosid is achieved by a liquid chromatographic mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method. Measured concentrations for beta-metildigoxin and digoxin in peripheral blood were 40.2 ng/ml and 25.6 ng/ml, respectively. Tissue distribution showed highest concentrations in kidney tissue and gastric content. The metabolite digoxigenin-monodigitoxosid could be detected in heart blood, duodenal content, gastric content and fat tissue while the metabolite digoxigenin could only be detected in gastric content since the drug was given by a stomach tube. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. JF - Forensic science international AU - Hess, Cornelius AU - Brockmann, Christopher AU - Doberentz, Elke AU - Madea, Burkhard AU - Musshoff, Frank AD - Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bonn, Stiftsplatz 12, D-53111 Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: cohess@uni-bonn.de. ; Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bonn, Stiftsplatz 12, D-53111 Bonn, Germany. ; Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bonn, Stiftsplatz 12, D-53111 Bonn, Germany; Forensic Toxicological Centre (FTC), Bayerstr. 53, D-80335 Munich, Germany. Y1 - 2014/08// PY - 2014 DA - August 2014 SP - e23 EP - e27 VL - 241 KW - Cardiotonic Agents KW - 0 KW - digoxigenin-mono(digitoxoside) KW - 5352-63-6 KW - Digoxin KW - 73K4184T59 KW - Medigoxin KW - I7GG1YUC5V KW - Digoxigenin KW - NQ1SX9LNAU KW - Index Medicus KW - Overdose KW - Metildigoxin KW - Mass spectrometry KW - Cardiac glycosides KW - Infant KW - Digoxigenin -- pharmacokinetics KW - Hypertension, Pulmonary -- therapy KW - Digoxin -- pharmacokinetics KW - Humans KW - Drug Overdose KW - Chromatography, Liquid KW - Forensic Toxicology KW - Digoxigenin -- analogs & derivatives KW - Tissue Distribution KW - Tandem Mass Spectrometry KW - Male KW - Medigoxin -- poisoning KW - Medigoxin -- pharmacokinetics KW - Cardiotonic Agents -- poisoning KW - Cardiotonic Agents -- administration & dosage KW - Cardiotonic Agents -- pharmacokinetics KW - Medigoxin -- administration & dosage KW - Medication Errors UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1547543706?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Forensic+science+international&rft.atitle=Unintentional+lethal+overdose+with+metildigoxin+in+a+36-week-old+infant--post+mortem+tissue+distribution+of+metildigoxin+and+its+metabolites+by+liquid+chromatography+tandem+mass+spectrometry.&rft.au=Hess%2C+Cornelius%3BBrockmann%2C+Christopher%3BDoberentz%2C+Elke%3BMadea%2C+Burkhard%3BMusshoff%2C+Frank&rft.aulast=Hess&rft.aufirst=Cornelius&rft.date=2014-08-01&rft.volume=241&rft.issue=&rft.spage=e23&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Forensic+science+international&rft.issn=1872-6283&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.forsciint.2014.05.013 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2015-10-21 N1 - Date created - 2014-07-19 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-14 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-19 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.05.013 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Xylometazoline poisoning: A 40-fold nasal overdose caused by a compounding error in 3 children. AN - 1519258118; 24642023 AB - The imidazoline derivative xylometazoline, an alpha-2-adrenergic agonist, is used as non-prescription nasal preparation due to its vasoconstrictive and decongestive properties. Especially in children, an overdose can quickly cause severe central nervous system depression and cardiovascular adverse effects. In three 3-year-old boys (triplets) a xylometazoline intoxication was diagnosed by toxicological analysis. On admission to an emergency unit all three children were still unresponsive. One triplet showed respiration of 15-20 breaths/min and required oxygen support (3L/min) via face mask; his electrocardiogram revealed sinus bradycardia of 64 beats/min with supraventricular extrasystoles. However, no interventions were necessary except fluid management via intravenous lines. Eleven hours after the event, two of the triplets were awake but still not fully oriented. The third triplet woke up 20h after instillation of nose drops. Intoxication was caused by a compounding error in a pharmacy resulting in a concentration 40 times above the adequate dosage for children. In general, physicians, pharmacists and the public should be educated about the toxicity of over-the-counter preparations. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. JF - Forensic science international AU - Musshoff, Frank AU - Madea, Burkhard AU - Woelfle, Joachim AU - Vlanic, Dejan AD - University Hospital, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Stiftsplatz 12, 53111 Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: f.musshoff@ftc-muenchen.de. ; University Hospital, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Stiftsplatz 12, 53111 Bonn, Germany. ; University Children's Hospital, Pediatric Endocrinology Division, Adenauerallee 119, Bonn 53113, Germany. Y1 - 2014/05// PY - 2014 DA - May 2014 SP - e3 EP - e5 VL - 238 KW - Imidazoles KW - 0 KW - Nasal Decongestants KW - xylometazoline KW - WPY40FTH8K KW - Index Medicus KW - Intoxication KW - Xylometazoline KW - Children KW - Compounding error KW - Humans KW - Triplets KW - Male KW - Child, Preschool KW - Nasal Decongestants -- urine KW - Nasal Decongestants -- poisoning KW - Drug Overdose KW - Imidazoles -- poisoning KW - Medication Errors KW - Imidazoles -- urine UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1519258118?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Forensic+science+international&rft.atitle=Xylometazoline+poisoning%3A+A+40-fold+nasal+overdose+caused+by+a+compounding+error+in+3+children.&rft.au=Musshoff%2C+Frank%3BMadea%2C+Burkhard%3BWoelfle%2C+Joachim%3BVlanic%2C+Dejan&rft.aulast=Musshoff&rft.aufirst=Frank&rft.date=2014-05-01&rft.volume=238&rft.issue=&rft.spage=e3&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Forensic+science+international&rft.issn=1872-6283&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.forsciint.2014.02.011 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2015-11-23 N1 - Date created - 2014-04-24 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-14 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-19 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.02.011 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Hybrid aeroacoustic computation of a low Mach number non-isothermal shear layer AN - 1559686068; 20162056 AB - Direct numerical simulation of noise generated by low speed flows requires strong numerical constraints related to the different scales in space and time for the dynamics of the flow and the propagation of sound waves. At low Mach numbers, the aeroacoustic hybrid approaches initiated by Hardin and Pope (1994) [5] based on separate calculations for the flow and for the acoustic radiation, are therefore attractive. In this paper, we show that such methods can be used for the general case of non-constant density or temperature. The starting point is an asymptotic expansion of the full Navier-Stokes equations that gives a set of equations that retain the presence of density and temperature inhomogeneities, allowing access to the dynamic quantities without the stability constraints related to acoustic waves. Then starting from the solutions of flow fluctuating quantities, we propose several possible developments of the equations to obtain the acoustic field. They lead to different sets of equations and source terms depending on the level of simplifying assumptions: the Perturbed Low Mach Number Approximation (PLMNA) or the linearized Euler equations (LEE) linearized with respect to the mean flow. An isothermal and a non-isothermal spatially evolving mixing layer are taken as test problems. The solutions of the proposed hybrid methods show a satisfactory behavior compared with the reference solution given by a compressible DNS. JF - Computers & Fluids AU - Nana, Cyril AU - Marx, David AU - Prax, Christian AU - Fortune, Veronique AD - Institut PPRIME-CNRS, Universite de Poitiers-ENSMA, Departement FTC, Site ENSIP, Bat. B17, 6 Rue Marcel Dore, 86000 Poitiers, France, cyril.aymard.nana@gmail.com Y1 - 2014/04/10/ PY - 2014 DA - 2014 Apr 10 SP - 30 EP - 40 PB - Elsevier B.V., P.O. Box 800 Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom VL - 93 SN - 0045-7930, 0045-7930 KW - Water Resources Abstracts; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources KW - Computational aeroacoustics KW - Hybrid methods KW - Linearized Euler equations KW - Low Mach number KW - Non-isothermal flows KW - Acoustic source terms KW - Mathematical models KW - Acoustics KW - Density KW - Computers KW - Temperature KW - Sound waves KW - Expansion KW - Mixing KW - Wave propagation KW - Sound Waves KW - Radiation KW - Navier-Stokes equations KW - Hybrids KW - Waves KW - SW 0810:General KW - Q2 09182:Methods and instruments UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1559686068?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awaterresources&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Computers+%26+Fluids&rft.atitle=Hybrid+aeroacoustic+computation+of+a+low+Mach+number+non-isothermal+shear+layer&rft.au=Nana%2C+Cyril%3BMarx%2C+David%3BPrax%2C+Christian%3BFortune%2C+Veronique&rft.aulast=Nana&rft.aufirst=Cyril&rft.date=2014-04-10&rft.volume=93&rft.issue=&rft.spage=30&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Computers+%26+Fluids&rft.issn=00457930&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.compfluid.2014.01.006 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2015-09-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-02-04 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mathematical models; Radiation; Navier-Stokes equations; Hybrids; Sound waves; Wave propagation; Acoustics; Computers; Density; Temperature; Waves; Expansion; Mixing; Sound Waves DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.01.006 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination in intermediate good markets: the case of bargaining AN - 1521338671; 4555865 AB - This article examines the welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination by a monopolist selling to downstream firms with bargaining power. One of the downstream firms (the 'chain store') can integrate backward at lower cost than rivals. Bargaining powers also depend on disagreement profits, bargaining weights, and concession costs. If the chain's integration threat is not credible, price discrimination reduces the input price charged symmetric downstream firms and often reduces the average input price charged asymmetric downstream firms. Reprinted by permission of RAND Journal of Economics JF - RAND journal of economics AU - O' Brien, Daniel P AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2014/03// PY - 2014 DA - Mar 2014 SP - 92 EP - 115 VL - 45 IS - 1 SN - 0741-6261, 0741-6261 KW - Economics KW - Bargaining theory KW - Economic behaviour KW - Profit KW - Price theory KW - Economic analysis KW - Discrimination UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1521338671?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=RAND+journal+of+economics&rft.atitle=The+welfare+effects+of+third-degree+price+discrimination+in+intermediate+good+markets%3A+the+case+of+bargaining&rft.au=O%27+Brien%2C+Daniel+P&rft.aulast=O%27+Brien&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft.date=2014-03-01&rft.volume=45&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=92&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=RAND+journal+of+economics&rft.issn=07416261&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2F1756-2171.12043 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2014-05-06 N1 - Last updated - 2014-05-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1485 1483 2703 2698; 3612 3549 2688 2449 10404; 10304; 10104; 3883 971; 3889 6071 1542 11325 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12043 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The bias in measuring disparity in outcomes via a dummy variable: A note AN - 1735656927; 201538246 AB - Disparity in an outcome between two groups is often measured via the coefficient of a dummy variable in a regression that pools both groups. The dummy is interpreted as the disparity. A casual search of the literature in economics and other social sciences reviews far too many examples of this method to catalog. Unfortunately, if the impact of one (or more) of the control variables differs between the two groups, the measured disparity (i.e., the coefficient on the group dummy) will be biased. We illustrate and derive this bias. Given the bias, we believe that one is better running separate regressions for each group and then implementing decomposition methods or predicting adjusted gaps in outcome (i.e., predicting the but-for world that would exist if the two groups had identical characteristics). Adapted from the source document. JF - Journal of Economic and Social Measurement AU - Ulrick, Shawn W AD - U.S. Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20580, USA sulrick@ftc.gov Y1 - 2014///0, PY - 2014 DA - 0, 2014 SP - 153 EP - 161 PB - IOS Press, Amsterdam The Netherlands VL - 39 IS - 3 SN - 0747-9662, 0747-9662 KW - Pooling bias measuring disparity KW - Will KW - Bias KW - article KW - 2460: policy, planning, forecasting; social indicators UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1735656927?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Economic+and+Social+Measurement&rft.atitle=The+bias+in+measuring+disparity+in+outcomes+via+a+dummy+variable%3A+A+note&rft.au=Ulrick%2C+Shawn+W&rft.aulast=Ulrick&rft.aufirst=Shawn&rft.date=2014-01-01&rft.volume=39&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=153&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Economic+and+Social+Measurement&rft.issn=07479662&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2015-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - JEMEEZ N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bias; Will ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economics at the FTC: physician acquisitions, standard essential patents, and accuracy of credit reporting AN - 1496958718; 4516396 AB - Economists at the Federal Trade Commission pursue the agency's competition and consumer protection missions. In this year's essay, with respect to antitrust we discuss the analysis that is used in two areas where the Commission has recently been active: physician combinations and standard essential patents. In consumer protection, we discuss the FTC's recently released national study of the accuracy of consumer credit reports. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Carlson, Julie A AU - Dafny, Leemore S AU - Freeborn, Beth A AU - Ippolito, Pauline M AU - Wendling, Brett W AD - US Federal Trade Commission ; Northwestern University ; Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2013/12// PY - 2013 DA - Dec 2013 SP - 303 EP - 326 VL - 43 IS - 4 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Economists KW - Patents KW - Credit KW - Acquisitions KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Competition KW - Consumer protection UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1496958718?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Economics+at+the+FTC%3A+physician+acquisitions%2C+standard+essential+patents%2C+and+accuracy+of+credit+reporting&rft.au=Carlson%2C+Julie+A%3BDafny%2C+Leemore+S%3BFreeborn%2C+Beth+A%3BIppolito%2C+Pauline+M%3BWendling%2C+Brett+W&rft.aulast=Carlson&rft.aufirst=Julie&rft.date=2013-12-01&rft.volume=43&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=303&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-013-9411-y LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2014-01-06 N1 - Last updated - 2014-02-11 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1123 7321; 2798 2534 7253; 9266; 547 2527 3896 3921; 2649; 2992; 4042 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-013-9411-y ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Ethyl glucuronide findings in hair samples from the mummies of the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo. AN - 1435849294; 24053883 AB - The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo contain over 1800 preserved bodies: friars, priests and laypeople including men, women, and children. The bodies were accessible to family members who could visit the deceased and commemorate them through prayers. The "Sicily Mummy Project" analyzed hair samples from 38 mummies to determine the presence of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) using a routine procedure in our accredited laboratory of liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. The limit of quantification was 2.3 pg/mg. The hair samples were from 1.5 to 12 cm in length. All samples were analyzed in 2 segments (seg. A 0-3 cm and seg. B the remainder). Samples <4 cm in length were cut in half. In 31 out of 76 segments positive results were obtained for EtG, with concentrations between 2.5 and 531.3 pg/mg (mean 73.8, median 13.3 pg/mg). In 14 cases positive results were obtained for both segments. In one sample a positive result was obtained for segment A but not for segment B and in a further two samples only for segment B. The results indicate that EtG analyses can be performed on mummy hair samples even several hundred years after death to identify evidence for significant alcohol consumption during life. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. JF - Forensic science international AU - Musshoff, Frank AU - Brockmann, Christopher AU - Madea, Burkhard AU - Rosendahl, Wilfried AU - Piombino-Mascali, Dario AD - University Hospital, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Bonn, Germany; Forensic Toxicological Centre (FTC), Munich, Germany. Electronic address: f.musshoff@uni-bonn.de. Y1 - 2013/10/10/ PY - 2013 DA - 2013 Oct 10 SP - 213 EP - 217 VL - 232 IS - 1-3 KW - Glucuronates KW - 0 KW - ethyl glucuronide KW - 17685-04-0 KW - Index Medicus KW - Mummy KW - Hair analysis KW - Alcohol KW - Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) KW - Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) KW - Mass Spectrometry KW - Humans KW - Adult KW - Chromatography, Liquid KW - Forensic Toxicology KW - Child KW - Alcohol Drinking KW - Male KW - Italy KW - Female KW - History, 16th Century KW - Glucuronates -- analysis KW - Hair -- chemistry KW - Mummies -- history UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1435849294?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Forensic+science+international&rft.atitle=Ethyl+glucuronide+findings+in+hair+samples+from+the+mummies+of+the+Capuchin+Catacombs+of+Palermo.&rft.au=Musshoff%2C+Frank%3BBrockmann%2C+Christopher%3BMadea%2C+Burkhard%3BRosendahl%2C+Wilfried%3BPiombino-Mascali%2C+Dario&rft.aulast=Musshoff&rft.aufirst=Frank&rft.date=2013-10-10&rft.volume=232&rft.issue=1-3&rft.spage=213&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Forensic+science+international&rft.issn=1872-6283&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.forsciint.2013.07.026 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2014-06-05 N1 - Date created - 2013-09-23 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-19 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.07.026 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Major League Baseball's First Year Player Draft: A Natural Laboratory for the Study of Bargaining AN - 1439223206; 18584704 AB - Major League Baseball's (MLB) Draft is a natural laboratory for the study of bargaining: There are no bonus restrictions, draft picks cannot be traded, and there are no commitment issues (i.e., players "declaring" for the draft). This article tests the implications of bargaining theory using data from the 2003-2010 MLB drafts. In 2007, new draft rules were introduced, but not uniformly across the draft, making it possible to estimate the effect of each change. Although the rule changes were designed to lower bonuses, they had the opposite effect. The rule changes led to $178 million in extra compensation to drafted players. JF - Journal of Sports Economics AU - Garmon, Christopher AD - Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, USA, cgarmon@ftc.gov Y1 - 2013/10// PY - 2013 DA - Oct 2013 SP - 451 EP - 478 PB - Sage Publications Ltd., 6 Bonhill St. London EC2A 4PU United Kingdom VL - 14 IS - 5 SN - 1527-0025, 1527-0025 KW - Physical Education Index KW - bargaining KW - baseball KW - draft KW - framing effects KW - Commitment KW - Economics KW - Baseball KW - Rules KW - Professional sports KW - Athletes KW - PE 140:Business, Marketing & Sports Equipment UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439223206?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aphysicaleducation&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Sports+Economics&rft.atitle=Major+League+Baseball%27s+First+Year+Player+Draft%3A+A+Natural+Laboratory+for+the+Study+of+Bargaining&rft.au=Garmon%2C+Christopher&rft.aulast=Garmon&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.date=2013-10-01&rft.volume=14&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=451&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Sports+Economics&rft.issn=15270025&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177%2F1527002511430229 LA - English DB - Physical Education Index N1 - Date revised - 2013-10-01 N1 - Number of references - 9 N1 - Last updated - 2015-04-09 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Commitment; Economics; Baseball; Rules; Professional sports; Athletes DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527002511430229 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Quantification of aconitine in post-mortem specimens by validated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method: three case reports on fatal 'monkshood' poisoning. AN - 1443998342; 23749589 AB - The diester-diterpene alkaloid aconitine was quantified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in post-mortem specimens of three cases where suicidal ingestion of Aconitum napellus L. ('monkshood') was supposed. In an attempt at rationalization, sample preparation and chromatographic conditions of plasma/serum drug analysis routine were utilized. Linearity was established from 0.5 to 20 µg L⁻¹ using newborn calf serum (NCS) as a surrogate calibration matrix for all sample types and mesaconitine as an internal standard. Validation (selectivity, sensitivity, precision, accuracy, recovery of the extraction procedure, matrix effect, processed sample stability) confirmed the applicability of the analytical method to various post-mortem matrices. Internal standard selection was based on multi-matrix process efficiency data. In human post-mortem peripheral blood a lower limit of quantification of 0.51 µg L⁻¹ and a limit of detection of 0.13 µg L⁻¹ were accomplished (0.1 ml sample aliquots). Aconitine was degraded to a large extent in different sample types when being stored at +20 °C for 30 days, while at -20 °C and for some matrices also at +4 °C no appreciable degradation occurred. Aconitine concentrations in real samples were 10.3-17.9 µg L⁻¹ (peripheral blood, n = 3), 14.9-87.9 µg L⁻¹ (heart blood, n = 3), 317-481 µg L⁻¹ (urine, n = 2), 609-4040 µg L⁻¹ (stomach content, n = 3), 139-240 µg L⁻¹ (bile, n = 2), 8.4 µg L⁻¹ (vitreous humor, n = 1), 54.7 µg L⁻¹ (pericardial fluid, n = 1), 492 µg kg⁻¹ (liver, n = 1), 15.2-19.7 mg L⁻¹ (unknown liquids secured onsite, n = 3). Together with concomitant circumstances the analytical data provided compelling evidence for acute Aconitum poisoning as being the cause of death. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. JF - Drug testing and analysis AU - Bicker, Wolfgang AU - Monticelli, Fabio AU - Bauer, Andreas AU - Roider, Gabriele AU - Keller, Thomas AD - FTC-Forensic-Toxicological Laboratory Ltd., Gaudenzdorfer Guertel 43-45, 1120, Vienna, Austria. PY - 2013 SP - 753 EP - 762 VL - 5 IS - 9-10 KW - Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Agonists KW - 0 KW - Aconitine KW - X8YN71D5WC KW - Index Medicus KW - Post-mortem analysis KW - Aconitum spp. poisoning KW - Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry KW - Validation KW - Internal standard KW - Autopsy KW - Animals KW - Cattle KW - Humans KW - Middle Aged KW - Limit of Detection KW - Adolescent KW - Male KW - Female KW - Aconitine -- poisoning KW - Aconitum -- poisoning KW - Tandem Mass Spectrometry -- methods KW - Aconitine -- urine KW - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid -- methods KW - Aconitine -- blood KW - Aconitine -- analysis KW - Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Agonists -- analysis KW - Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Agonists -- blood KW - Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Agonists -- urine KW - Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Agonists -- poisoning UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1443998342?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Drug+testing+and+analysis&rft.atitle=Quantification+of+aconitine+in+post-mortem+specimens+by+validated+liquid+chromatography-tandem+mass+spectrometry+method%3A+three+case+reports+on+fatal+%27monkshood%27+poisoning.&rft.au=Bicker%2C+Wolfgang%3BMonticelli%2C+Fabio%3BBauer%2C+Andreas%3BRoider%2C+Gabriele%3BKeller%2C+Thomas&rft.aulast=Bicker&rft.aufirst=Wolfgang&rft.date=2013-09-01&rft.volume=5&rft.issue=9-10&rft.spage=753&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Drug+testing+and+analysis&rft.issn=1942-7611&rft_id=info:doi/10.1002%2Fdta.1501 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2014-05-22 N1 - Date created - 2013-10-21 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-19 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dta.1501 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Unilateral effects in merger analysis: models, merits, and merger policy AN - 1418125258; 4465282 AB - This paper models the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) unilateral effects merger policy using a sample of 192 investigations undertaken between 1993 and 2010. Statistical analysis shows that the number of significant rivals represents a reasonable structural proxy for the FTC's merger challenge decision, although other variables, such as impediments to entry, fringe share, clear evidence of head- to-head competition between the merging firms, competitive effects' evidence, and efficiency-related proxies, also affect the decision to challenge a merger. Some of these variables suggest that the innovations in the 2010 Merger Guidelines had already been applied in FTC merger analysis. Reprinted by permission of Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Ltd. JF - International journal of the economics of business AU - Coate, Malcolm B AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 145 EP - 162 VL - 20 IS - 2 SN - 1357-1516, 1357-1516 KW - Economics KW - Rivalry KW - Decision KW - Innovation KW - Statistical analysis KW - Mergers KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Competition UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1418125258?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+the+economics+of+business&rft.atitle=Unilateral+effects+in+merger+analysis%3A+models%2C+merits%2C+and+merger+policy&rft.au=Coate%2C+Malcolm+B&rft.aulast=Coate&rft.aufirst=Malcolm&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=145&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+the+economics+of+business&rft.issn=13571516&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F13571516.2013.782975 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-29 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1123 7321; 2649; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 12224 971; 6564 12622; 11073 2649; 3320 6071 1542 11325 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2013.782975 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Employer-provided health insurance and hospital mergers AN - 1418119714; 4460056 AB - This paper explores the impact of employer-provided health insurance on hospital competition and hospital mergers. Under employer-provided health insurance, employer executives act as agents for their employees in selecting health insurance options for their firm. The paper investigates whether a merger of hospitals favored by executives will result in a larger price increase than a merger of competing hospitals elsewhere. This is found to be the case even when the executive has the same opportunity cost of travel as her employees and even when the executive is the sole owner of the firm, retaining all profits. This is consistent with the Federal Trade Commission's findings in its challenge of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare's acquisition of Highland Park Hospital. Implications of the model are further tested with executive location data and hospital data from Florida and Texas. Reprinted by permission of Cambridge University Press. An electronic version of this article can be accessed via the internet at http://journals.cambridge.org JF - Health economics, policy and law AU - Garmon, Christopher AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2013/07// PY - 2013 DA - Jul 2013 SP - 365 EP - 384 VL - 8 IS - 3 SN - 1744-1331, 1744-1331 KW - Economics KW - Executives KW - Employers KW - Mergers KW - Health insurance KW - Texas KW - U.S.A. KW - Florida KW - Competition KW - Hospitals UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1418119714?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Health+economics%2C+policy+and+law&rft.atitle=Employer-provided+health+insurance+and+hospital+mergers&rft.au=Garmon%2C+Christopher&rft.aulast=Garmon&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.date=2013-07-01&rft.volume=8&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=365&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Health+economics%2C+policy+and+law&rft.issn=17441331&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017%2FS1744133112000357 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-07-15 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 5784 6592 4957 11923 11949 13521; 4210 3874 556; 6013 6590; 2649; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 4600 9720 6590; 433 293 14; 133 433 293 14; 419 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1744133112000357 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Edgeworth price cycles in gasoline: evidence from the United States AN - 1353278829; 4439241 AB - Studies of gasoline prices in multiple countries have found sequences of a sharp price increase followed by gradual decreases. This pattern is linked to Maskin and Tirole (Econometrica 56:571-599, 1988) duopoly pricing game and labeled Edgeworth price cycles. We examine data on average daily MSA-level retail gasoline prices for 350 MSAs in the US from 1996-2010. We confirm the finding of others and show that a relatively small number of US MSAs in contiguous upper Midwestern states evidence price cycling. However, our lengthy data set allows us to see that these MSAs began cycling in 2000. Thus, we can examine prices in cycling and non-cycling MSAs before and after cycling and find that prices are lower in MSAs that began cycling. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Zimmerman, Paul R AU - Yun, John M AU - Taylor, Christopher T AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 297 EP - 320 VL - 42 IS - 3 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Petrol KW - Energy prices KW - Oligopoly KW - Duopoly KW - U.S.A. KW - Oil industry KW - Industrial organization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1353278829?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Edgeworth+price+cycles+in+gasoline%3A+evidence+from+the+United+States&rft.au=Zimmerman%2C+Paul+R%3BYun%2C+John+M%3BTaylor%2C+Christopher+T&rft.aulast=Zimmerman&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=42&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=297&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-012-9372-6 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 9450 9451; 8893 6431; 8922 7737; 4263 10107; 6386 9003; 3771; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-012-9372-6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Beyond the subsidy: coyotes, credit and fair trade coffee AN - 1350889752; 4437234 AB - International trade economists have largely avoided undertaking analysis of the fair trade movement because of the fact that fair trade is generally viewed as a price subsidy. Standard international trade models show this type of trade policy to be inefficient, as it would cause oversupply and further depress world prices. The problem with applying a standard international trade model to fair trade in coffee is that the input markets associated with coffee production are not perfectly competitive. Since perfect competition is an assumption common to many models of international trade, the conclusions of these models are not applicable in this setting. In this paper, we examine three models of coffee production. In the first model, the problem for coffee farmers is examined as if all markets were perfectly competitive; in the second model, we examine coffee production with an inefficient credit market in the absence of fair trade; and in the third model, we examine coffee production with an inefficient credit market but with the possibility of fair trade. Farmer welfare is improved with fair trade at the expense of local middlemen, but total welfare is lower than what could be achieved with perfect competition. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright John Wiley & Sons. Reproduced with permission. An electronic version of this article is available online at http://www.interscience.wiley.com JF - Journal of international development AU - Tedeschi, Gwendolyn A AU - Carlson, Julie A AD - Manhattan College ; Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2013/05// PY - 2013 DA - May 2013 SP - 456 EP - 473 VL - 25 IS - 4 SN - 0954-1748, 0954-1748 KW - Economics KW - Coffee KW - International trade KW - Economists KW - Credit market KW - Welfare KW - Trade policy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1350889752?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+international+development&rft.atitle=Beyond+the+subsidy%3A+coyotes%2C+credit+and+fair+trade+coffee&rft.au=Tedeschi%2C+Gwendolyn+A%3BCarlson%2C+Julie+A&rft.aulast=Tedeschi&rft.aufirst=Gwendolyn&rft.date=2013-05-01&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=456&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+international+development&rft.issn=09541748&rft_id=info:doi/10.1002%2Fjid.1847 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 4042; 12843 3977 5574 10472; 2998 7711; 13521; 6802 12812 6725 4025; 2447 3055 798 10286 3737 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1847 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Petroleum mergers and competition in the northeast United States AN - 1312418301; 4409613 AB - 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 US Northeast. The Federal Trade Commission investigated both transactions but challenged neither. We examine the FTC's enforcement rationale and test whether these mergers were associated with post-merger price increases in either gasoline or diesel at retail and wholesale. Our findings indicate that the transactions were largely competitively neutral. There was some indication that some unbranded rack prices may have increased after the mergers, but this result was not robust across controls or assumptions. In some other instances, prices in merger- affected areas may have fallen relative to prices elsewhere. Reprinted by permission of Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Ltd. JF - International journal of the economics of business AU - Silvia, Louis AU - Taylor, Christopher T AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2013/02// PY - 2013 DA - Feb 2013 SP - 97 EP - 124 VL - 20 IS - 1 SN - 1357-1516, 1357-1516 KW - Economics KW - Wholesale trade KW - Acquisitions KW - Mergers KW - New Jersey KW - Oil price KW - U.S.A. KW - Competition KW - Oil industry UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1312418301?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+the+economics+of+business&rft.atitle=Petroleum+mergers+and+competition+in+the+northeast+United+States&rft.au=Silvia%2C+Louis%3BTaylor%2C+Christopher+T&rft.aulast=Silvia&rft.aufirst=Louis&rft.date=2013-02-01&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=97&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+the+economics+of+business&rft.issn=13571516&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F13571516.2012.715275 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 8893 6431; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 13555 12812; 8898 10107; 2649; 547 2527 3896 3921; 433 293 14; 282 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2012.715275 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economics at the ftc: Drug and pbm mergers and drip pricing AN - 1272078040; 4388154 AB - Economists at the Federal Trade Commission pursue the agency's competition and consumer protection missions. In this year's essay, in antitrust, we discuss two recent mergers that involved Rx drugs: First, we describe key elements of the inquiry into the Express Scripts/Medco transaction in the pharmacy benefit management industry. Next, we analyze a merger that involved drugs that are used to treat patent ductus arteriosus: a condition that affects premature babies. On the consumer protection side, we discuss a pricing strategy - drip pricing - that involves the release of price information about a multi-part product over time as the consumer goes through the purchase process. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Shelanski, Howard A AU - Farrell, Joseph AU - Hanner, Daniel AU - Metcalf, Christopher J AU - Sullivan, Mary W AU - Wendling, Brett W AD - US Federal Trade Commission ; University of California Y1 - 2012/12// PY - 2012 DA - Dec 2012 SP - 303 EP - 319 VL - 41 IS - 4 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Economists KW - Price stability KW - Mergers KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Competition KW - Consumer protection UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1272078040?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Economics+at+the+ftc%3A+Drug+and+pbm+mergers+and+drip+pricing&rft.au=Shelanski%2C+Howard+A%3BFarrell%2C+Joseph%3BHanner%2C+Daniel%3BMetcalf%2C+Christopher+J%3BSullivan%2C+Mary+W%3BWendling%2C+Brett+W&rft.aulast=Shelanski&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft.date=2012-12-01&rft.volume=41&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=303&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-012-9360-x LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1123 7321; 2798 2534 7253; 10099 4007 3898; 4042; 2649; 7969 2527 3896 3921 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-012-9360-x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Capture or contract? The early years of electric utility regulation AN - 1136141020; 4359087 AB - Jarrell (J Law Econ 21:269-295, 1978) found that electricity prices fell more slowly in states that adopted state regulation before 1917, suggesting that regulators were 'captured' by the interests of the regulated electric utilities. An alternative explanation is that state regulation more credibly protected specialized utility assets from regulatory opportunism than did the municipal franchise contracting that preceded it. We test this alternative hypothesis using a panel of data from the U.S. Electrical Censuses of 1902-1937. We find that the shift from municipal franchise contracting to state regulation was associated with a substantial decrease in investment propensity, an outcome supporting the capture hypothesis. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Journal of regulatory economics AU - Lyon, Thomas P AU - Wilson, Nathan AD - University of Michigan ; Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics Y1 - 2012/12// PY - 2012 DA - Dec 2012 SP - 225 EP - 241 VL - 42 IS - 3 SN - 0922-680X, 0922-680X KW - Economics KW - Energy prices KW - Transaction costs KW - Energy utilization KW - Regulation KW - Electricity KW - U.S.A. KW - Panel data UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1136141020?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+regulatory+economics&rft.atitle=Capture+or+contract%3F+The+early+years+of+electric+utility+regulation&rft.au=Lyon%2C+Thomas+P%3BWilson%2C+Nathan&rft.aulast=Lyon&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft.date=2012-12-01&rft.volume=42&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=225&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+regulatory+economics&rft.issn=0922680X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11149-012-9200-9 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 12911 2934; 4163 4246; 4276 4249 2805 3872 554 971; 4263 10107; 10742; 9144 8160 8163; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11149-012-9200-9 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Critical import supply elasticities and the 'imports-as-market-discipline' hypothesis AN - 1267027697; 4381283 AB - This paper formally examines the factors underlying how responsive imports must be to domestic prices (the 'import supply elasticity') in order to thwart an anticompetitive domestic price increase stemming from a merger - an issue that frequently arises in many antitrust reviews. Domestic firms face a fringe comprised of foreign firms who import their products into the domestic market. In the eyes of domestic consumers, these imports are viewed as imperfect substitutes in demand to the output produced by the domestic firms. The model is solved in terms of the 'critical' import supply elasticity that can then be used evaluate the ability of imports to constrain an anticompetitive price increase post-merger. Numerical simulations are conducted to consider the magnitude of perturbations in the model's exogenous parameters. Potential empirical extensions of the model are also considered. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - Journal of economic behavior and organization AU - Zimmerman, P R AU - Carlson, J A AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2012/09// PY - 2012 DA - Sep 2012 SP - 345 EP - 354 VL - 84 IS - 1 SN - 0167-2681, 0167-2681 KW - Economics KW - Competitive firms KW - Market analysis KW - Economic models KW - Import elasticity KW - Mergers KW - Domestic market UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1267027697?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+economic+behavior+and+organization&rft.atitle=Critical+import+supply+elasticities+and+the+%27imports-as-market-discipline%27+hypothesis&rft.au=Zimmerman%2C+P+R%3BCarlson%2C+J+A&rft.aulast=Zimmerman&rft.aufirst=P&rft.date=2012-09-01&rft.volume=84&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=345&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+economic+behavior+and+organization&rft.issn=01672681&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.jebo.2012.04.004 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 6246 6261 6802 12812 6725 4025; 3969 8163; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 3704 7711; 2658 4300; 7715 3883 971 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2012.04.004 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The correlation between human capital and morality and its effect on economic performance: theory and evidence AN - 1037881985; 4329608 AB - In this paper we analyze the relationship between the correlation between morality and human capital (''ability'') on the one hand and aggregate economic performance on the other. Morality is defined as an aversion to consuming goods obtained through appropriative rather than productive activities. In our empirical analysis we adapt the well-known regression framework of Rodrik et al. (2004), using the World Values Survey as a source of proxies for morality. Using our preferred proxy, we find evidence that higher within-country correlation between morality and ability, holding constant the levels of morality and ability, increases per-capita income levels. Under our preferred specification, a one-standard-deviation increase in the correlation between morality and ability raises the log of per-capita income by about one-fourth of a standard deviation, equal to approximately $3600 for the median income country in our sample. Results are robust to correcting for endogeneity and to changes in sample and specification. Results are mixed when we use alternative morality proxies, but the coefficient on the morality-ability correlation is still usually positive and statistically significant. We also develop a simple static general equilibrium model to serve as a possible framework for understanding the empirical results. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - Journal of comparative economics AU - Balan, D J AU - Knack, S AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2012/08// PY - 2012 DA - Aug 2012 SP - 457 EP - 475 VL - 40 IS - 3 SN - 0147-5967, 0147-5967 KW - Economics KW - Rent-seeking KW - Equilibrium models KW - Human capital KW - Morality KW - Economic potential KW - Economic development KW - Regression analysis KW - Economic performance KW - Correlation KW - Empirical research UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1037881985?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+comparative+economics&rft.atitle=The+correlation+between+human+capital+and+morality+and+its+effect+on+economic+performance%3A+theory+and+evidence&rft.au=Balan%2C+D+J%3BKnack%2C+S&rft.aulast=Balan&rft.aufirst=D&rft.date=2012-08-01&rft.volume=40&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=457&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+comparative+economics&rft.issn=01475967&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.jce.2011.12.005 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 10882 3889 6071 1542 11325; 3907 3483 3921; 8281 6085; 6074 1952; 10739 12228 10919; 3979 3974 9390; 3974 9390; 4200 10902; 2904 12224 971; 4377 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2011.12.005 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Designing Evidence-based Disclosures: A Case Study of Financial Privacy Notices AN - 1221424314; 2011-314844 AB - Disclosure is a key component of consumer protection policy. By informing consumers about a product or service, disclosures can help consumers understand product features and shop among products and providers to find the combination of features and price that best meets their needs. For example, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA, 15 U.S.C. 6801-6809) provides for disclosures of information-sharing practices of financial institutions and, in some cases, requires that these institutions offer consumers the opportunity to limit some of this sharing. Using these disclosures as a case study, this paper explores how research can help policymakers shift from a perspective of developing disclosures that are in technical compliance with the law to one of developing disclosures that consumers pay attention to, understand and use in their decision making. Adapted from the source document. JF - Journal of Consumer Affairs AU - Garrison, Loretta AU - Hastak, Manoj AU - Hogarth, Jeanne M AU - Kleimann, Susan AU - Levy, Alan S AD - Former Senior Attorney at the Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2012/06// PY - 2012 DA - June 2012 SP - 204 EP - 234 PB - Wiley-Blackwell, UK VL - 46 IS - 2 SN - 0022-0078, 0022-0078 KW - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption KW - Law and ethics - Law and jurisprudence KW - Human rights - Civil and political rights KW - Business and service sector - Business finance KW - Prices KW - Privacy KW - Law KW - Consumers KW - Consumer protection KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1221424314?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apais&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Consumer+Affairs&rft.atitle=Designing+Evidence-based+Disclosures%3A+A+Case+Study+of+Financial+Privacy+Notices&rft.au=Garrison%2C+Loretta%3BHastak%2C+Manoj%3BHogarth%2C+Jeanne+M%3BKleimann%2C+Susan%3BLevy%2C+Alan+S&rft.aulast=Garrison&rft.aufirst=Loretta&rft.date=2012-06-01&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=204&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Consumer+Affairs&rft.issn=00220078&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fj.1745-6606.2012.01226.x LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2012-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Consumers; Law; Consumer protection; Privacy; Prices DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6606.2012.01226.x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Oaxaca decomposition generalized to a continuous group variable AN - 1021120696; 4303602 AB - Almost universally, the Oaxaca (1973) decomposition is used to compare the outcomes between two discrete groups, e.g., black and white. In many applications, however, groups are not readily divided into discrete bins. The purpose of this paper is to extend the Oaxaca decomposition to examine differences amongst groups that are most naturally modeled as at points in a continuum. The gap can vary by values of the group variable. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - Economics letters AU - Ulrick, Shawn W AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2012/04// PY - 2012 DA - Apr 2012 SP - 35 EP - 37 VL - 115 IS - 1 SN - 0165-1765, 0165-1765 KW - Economics KW - Wage differentials KW - Level of education KW - Generalization KW - Group analysis KW - Modelling UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1021120696?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Economics+letters&rft.atitle=The+Oaxaca+decomposition+generalized+to+a+continuous+group+variable&rft.au=Ulrick%2C+Shawn+W&rft.aulast=Ulrick&rft.aufirst=Shawn&rft.date=2012-04-01&rft.volume=115&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=35&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Economics+letters&rft.issn=01651765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.econlet.2011.11.037 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 5636 5676 971; 8162 8163; 13395; 5443; 7353 4049 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.037 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Risk aversion and tacit collusion in a Bertrand duopoly experiment AN - 927681154; 4274159 AB - Recent research has found significant differences in the ability of subjects tacitly to collude, depending on the nature of the strategic interaction (e.g., Cournot vs. Bertrand or substitutes vs. complements goods). We investigate the relationship between subject-specific risk tolerance and tacit collusion in Bertrand duopoly experiments. We find that less risk-averse subjects price higher than do their more risk-averse counterparts, but this relationship is only significant when actions are strategic substitutes. When we analyze pair-level data, we find that non-risk averse subject pairs price significantly higher than do risk averse and mixed pairs in both the substitutes and complements treatments. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Anderson, Lisa R AU - Freeborn, Beth A AU - Hulbert, Jason P AD - College of William and Mary ; Federal Trade Commission ; University of Maryland, College Park Y1 - 2012/02// PY - 2012 DA - Feb 2012 SP - 37 EP - 50 VL - 40 IS - 1 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Comparative analysis KW - Risk aversion KW - Experiments KW - Tolerance KW - Collusion KW - Price level KW - Strategic behaviour KW - Duopoly UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/927681154?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Risk+aversion+and+tacit+collusion+in+a+Bertrand+duopoly+experiment&rft.au=Anderson%2C+Lisa+R%3BFreeborn%2C+Beth+A%3BHulbert%2C+Jason+P&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft.date=2012-02-01&rft.volume=40&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=37&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-011-9330-8 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 2496; 4636 6845 6564 12622; 11036 11040 11035; 3771; 10090; 2630 971; 12303 6071 1542 11325; 12770 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-011-9330-8 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Robustly Ranking Mechanisms T2 - 2012 Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting AN - 1313032859; 6127093 JF - 2012 Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting AU - Smith, Doug AU - Borgers, Tilman Y1 - 2012/01/06/ PY - 2012 DA - 2012 Jan 06 KW - Applied social sciences UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1313032859?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=2012+Allied+Social+Sciences+Association+Annual+Meeting&rft.atitle=Robustly+Ranking+Mechanisms&rft.au=Smith%2C+Doug%3BBorgers%2C+Tilman&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Doug&rft.date=2012-01-06&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=2012+Allied+Social+Sciences+Association+Annual+Meeting&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/2012conference/program/preliminary.php LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2013-02-26 N1 - Last updated - 2013-02-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Uncertain regulatory timing and market dynamics AN - 918751851; 4264512 AB - Using a dynamic model of capacity accumulation, I examine the relationship between uncertainty about the timing of a new Pigouvian tax and oligopolistic competition. I find that for some market structures uncertainty about the timing of the regulatory change leads firms to increase investment. These results stem from the nature of the uncertainty and its interaction with firms' strategic incentive to engage in capacity races. They dramatize the importance of accounting for initial conditions when forecasting firms' reactions to anticipated regulatory changes. In addition, I find that more protracted uncertainty leads to greater welfare costs. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - International journal of industrial organization AU - Wilson, Nathan E AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2012/01// PY - 2012 DA - Jan 2012 SP - 102 EP - 115 VL - 30 IS - 1 SN - 0167-7187, 0167-7187 KW - Economics KW - Strategic planning KW - Uncertainty KW - Regulatory policy KW - Market analysis KW - Oligopoly KW - Welfare costs KW - Investment KW - Competition UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/918751851?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Uncertain+regulatory+timing+and+market+dynamics&rft.au=Wilson%2C+Nathan+E&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=Nathan&rft.date=2012-01-01&rft.volume=30&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=102&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=01677187&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ijindorg.2011.07.001 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 10745 7584 3977 5574 10472; 7715 3883 971; 13078; 8922 7737; 2649; 6852; 12305 9560; 13523 2934 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2011.07.001 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Occurrence of 2-methylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid, a condensation product of cysteine and acetaldehyde, in human blood as a consequence of ethanol consumption AN - 1429869978; 18318191 AB - Acetaldehyde is a strongly electrophilic compound that is endogenously produced as a first intermediate in oxidative ethanol metabolism. Its high reactivity towards biogenic nucleophiles has toxicity as a consequence. Acetaldehyde readily undergoes a non-enzymatic condensation reaction and consecutive ring formation with cysteine to form 2-methylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (MTCA). For analytical purposes, N-acetylation of MTCA was required for stabilization and to enable its quantification by reversed-phase chromatography combined with electrospray ionization-tan-dem mass spectrometry. Qualitative screening of post mortem blood samples with negative blood alcohol concentration (BAC) mostly showed low basal levels of MTCA. In BAC-positive post mortem samples, but not in corresponding urine specimens, strongly increased levels were present. To estimate the association between ethanol consumption and the occurrence of MTCA in human blood, the time curves of BAC and MTCA concentration were determined after a single oral dose of 0.5 g ethanol per kilogram of body weight. The blood elimination kinetics of MTCA was slower than that of ethanol. The peak concentration of MTCA (12.6 mgL(-1)) was observed 4 h after ethanol intake (BAC 0.07%) and MTCA was still detectable after 13 h. Although intermediary acetaldehyde scavenging by formation of MTCA is interesting from a toxicological point of view, lack of hydrolytic stability under physiological conditions may hamper the use of MTCA as a quantitative marker of acetaldehyde exposure, such as resulting from alcohol consumption. JF - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry AU - Reischl, Roland J AU - Bicker, Wolfgang AU - Keller, Thomas AU - Lamprecht, Gunther AU - Lindner, Wolfgang AD - Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Wahringer Strasse 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria, wolfgang.bicker@ftc-wien.at PY - 2012 SP - 1779 EP - 1787 PB - Springer Science+Business Media, Van Godewijckstraat 30 Dordrecht 3311 GX Netherlands VL - 404 IS - 6-7 SN - 1618-2642, 1618-2642 KW - Aqualine Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts KW - Mass Spectrometry KW - Toxicity KW - Blood KW - Alcohols KW - Urine KW - Acids KW - Kinetics KW - Condensation KW - Metabolism KW - AQ 00001:Water Resources and Supplies KW - SW 0810:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1429869978?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Analytical+and+Bioanalytical+Chemistry&rft.atitle=Occurrence+of+2-methylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic+acid%2C+a+condensation+product+of+cysteine+and+acetaldehyde%2C+in+human+blood+as+a+consequence+of+ethanol+consumption&rft.au=Reischl%2C+Roland+J%3BBicker%2C+Wolfgang%3BKeller%2C+Thomas%3BLamprecht%2C+Gunther%3BLindner%2C+Wolfgang&rft.aulast=Reischl&rft.aufirst=Roland&rft.date=2012-01-01&rft.volume=404&rft.issue=6-7&rft.spage=1779&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Analytical+and+Bioanalytical+Chemistry&rft.issn=16182642&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs00216-012-6255-5 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2015-12-01 N1 - Number of references - 35 N1 - Last updated - 2016-01-21 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Mass Spectrometry; Blood; Alcohols; Urine; Kinetics; Acids; Condensation; Toxicity; Metabolism DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-012-6255-5 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economics at the FTC: hospital mergers, authorized generic drugs, and consumer credit markets AN - 918741828; 4264303 AB - Economists at the Federal Trade Commission pursue the agency's competition and consumer protection missions. In this year's essay, in antitrust, we discuss various aspects of our hospital merger analyses as well as the effects of authorized generic drugs on consumers and competition. In consumer protection, we describe two ongoing studies on the use of credit-based insurance scores to price homeowners insurance, and the accuracy of consumers' credit reports that are provided by credit bureaus. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Farrell, Joseph AU - Balan, David J AU - Brand, Keith AU - Wendling, Brett W AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2011/12// PY - 2011 DA - Dec 2011 SP - 271 EP - 296 VL - 39 IS - 4 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Hospital management KW - Economists KW - Government departments KW - Consumer credit KW - Mergers KW - Pharmaceuticals KW - U.S.A. KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Insurance KW - Political economy KW - Consumer protection UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/918741828?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Economics+at+the+FTC%3A+hospital+mergers%2C+authorized+generic+drugs%2C+and+consumer+credit+markets&rft.au=Farrell%2C+Joseph%3BBalan%2C+David+J%3BBrand%2C+Keith%3BWendling%2C+Brett+W&rft.aulast=Farrell&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft.date=2011-12-01&rft.volume=39&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=271&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-011-9320-x LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1123 7321; 2781 2992; 2798 2534 7253; 9474; 5563 5586 9792 10424 567; 9684; 4042; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 6004 7625; 6592 4957; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-011-9320-x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Persistence of technological leadership: emerging technologies and incremental innovation AN - 917297517; 4261293 AB - In a model of competitive innovation, I derive theoretical conditions for an entrant to displace the incumbent firm by innovating in an undeveloped, substitute (emerging) technology. The main result presents conditions on profitability and innovation speed that yield a Markov Perfect Equilibrium in which the entrant pursues the emerging technology, while the incumbent chooses to persist with the established technology and collect short-run profits. Notably, this result does not require the entrant's superiority to the incumbent for innovation. Finally, when the model is calibrated to hard drive industry data, its predictions are consistent with the observed outcomes. Reprinted by permission of Blackwell Publishers JF - Journal of industrial economics AU - Metcalf, Christopher J AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2011/06// PY - 2011 DA - Jun 2011 SP - 199 EP - 224 VL - 59 IS - 2 SN - 0022-1821, 0022-1821 KW - Economics KW - Profitability KW - Innovation KW - Competition KW - Leadership KW - Markovian processes KW - Technology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/917297517?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+industrial+economics&rft.atitle=Persistence+of+technological+leadership%3A+emerging+technologies+and+incremental+innovation&rft.au=Metcalf%2C+Christopher+J&rft.aulast=Metcalf&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.date=2011-06-01&rft.volume=59&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=199&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+industrial+economics&rft.issn=00221821&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fj.1467-6451.2011.00453.x LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 2649; 6564 12622; 12622; 7271 1411; 10316; 7747 12265 3865 4025 10214 12224 971 12228 10919 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6451.2011.00453.x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Disease-Specific Moral Hazard and Optimal Health Insurance Design for Physician Services AN - 876231758; 14889201 AB - This article analyzesdisease-specificmoral hazard effects in the demand for physician office visits and explores whether optimal insurance for physician services should be designed to have disease-specific cost sharing. Generalized method of moments is implemented to address the endogeneity of private health insurance, and the nonnegativity and the discreteness of physician services use. The results indicate that the moral hazard effect varies considerably across disease-specific specialist care. The strongest moral hazard (for no-condition related specialist visits) is almost twice the moral hazard effect of the weakest (for chronic condition related specialist visits). Although the findings indicate some variation in the moral hazard effect across disease-specific general practitioner visits, the variation is less considerable. The main policy implication is that optimal insurance for physician services should be designed to have differential cost sharing based on disease status rather than to have uniform cost sharing. JF - Journal of Risk and Insurance AU - Koc, Cagatay AD - Cagatay Koc is in the Department of Economics, University of Texas at Arlington. At the time this article was accepted for publication, he was also a Visiting Scholar at Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580. The author can be contacted via e-mail: ckoc super(t)a.edu. Y1 - 2011/06// PY - 2011 DA - Jun 2011 SP - 413 EP - 446 PB - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 USA VL - 78 IS - 2 SN - 0022-4367, 0022-4367 KW - Risk Abstracts KW - Design KW - Insurance KW - moral hazards KW - R2 23070:Economics, organization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/876231758?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ariskabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Risk+and+Insurance&rft.atitle=Disease-Specific+Moral+Hazard+and+Optimal+Health+Insurance+Design+for+Physician+Services&rft.au=Koc%2C+Cagatay&rft.aulast=Koc&rft.aufirst=Cagatay&rft.date=2011-06-01&rft.volume=78&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=413&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Risk+and+Insurance&rft.issn=00224367&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fj.1539-6975.2010.01384.x LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2011-07-01 N1 - Document feature - figure 1 N1 - Last updated - 2012-06-18 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - moral hazards; Insurance; Design DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6975.2010.01384.x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Thermodynamic analysis of the kinetics reactions of the production of FAME and FAEE using Novozyme 435 as catalyst AN - 864440784; 14438795 AB - Biodiesel is a biofuel expected to become a substitute for petroleum diesel. One of the most promising technologies for production of biodiesel is enzymatic catalysis. However, low catalytic performance of most of the enzymes employed makes such processes expensive and time-consuming. This work describes a kinetic study of the enzymatic production of biodiesel at different temperatures using either methanolysis or ethanolysis, using immobilized lipase from Candida antarctica (Novozym 435) as catalyst. Reactions kinetics were followed by GC, and data were used to perform thermodynamic analysis of the transition state using Arrhenius equation. We found that methanolysis is faster than ethanolysis at temperatures above 13 [deg]C. Thermodynamic analysis of the kinetics of reactions showed that methanol is favored as acyl acceptor due to the positive activation entropy change of reaction. These data may be useful in the development of new enzymes and new processes for enzymatic production of biodiesel. JF - Fuel Processing Technology AU - Ferrao-Gonzales, Astria D AU - Veras, Ilvania C AU - Silva, Frederico AL AU - Alvarez, Heiddy M AU - Moreau, Vitor Hugo AD - Nucleo de Biotecnologia (NuBiotec), Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencias (FTC), Salvador, BA, Brazil, vhmoreau@pq.cnpq.br Y1 - 2011/05// PY - 2011 DA - May 2011 SP - 1007 EP - 1011 PB - Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB UK VL - 92 IS - 5 SN - 0378-3820, 0378-3820 KW - Environment Abstracts KW - Biodiesel KW - Biocatalysis KW - Lipase KW - Activation entropy KW - Kinetics KW - Fuel technology KW - Antarctica KW - Thermodynamics KW - Petroleum KW - Candida antarctica KW - biofuels KW - Temperature KW - Enzymes KW - Catalysts KW - Catalysis KW - ENA 03:Energy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/864440784?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvabstractsmodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fuel+Processing+Technology&rft.atitle=Thermodynamic+analysis+of+the+kinetics+reactions+of+the+production+of+FAME+and+FAEE+using+Novozyme+435+as+catalyst&rft.au=Ferrao-Gonzales%2C+Astria+D%3BVeras%2C+Ilvania+C%3BSilva%2C+Frederico+AL%3BAlvarez%2C+Heiddy+M%3BMoreau%2C+Vitor+Hugo&rft.aulast=Ferrao-Gonzales&rft.aufirst=Astria&rft.date=2011-05-01&rft.volume=92&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=1007&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Fuel+Processing+Technology&rft.issn=03783820&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.fuproc.2010.12.023 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2012-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-04-09 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fuel technology; Thermodynamics; Petroleum; Kinetics; Temperature; biofuels; Enzymes; Catalysts; Catalysis; Candida antarctica; Antarctica DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.12.023 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Adolescent Binge Drinking Alters Adult Brain Neurotransmitter Gene Expression, Behavior, Brain Regional Volumes, and Neurochemistry in Mice AN - 1017958286; 14596710 AB - Background: Binge drinking is common in human adolescents. The adolescent brain is undergoing structural maturation and has a unique sensitivity to alcohol neurotoxicity. Therefore, adolescent binge ethanol may have long-term effects on the adult brain that alter brain structure and behaviors that are relevant to alcohol-use disorders. Methods: To determine whether adolescent ethanol (AE) binge drinking alters the adult brain, male C57BL/6 mice were treated with either water or ethanol during adolescence (5g/kg/d, i.g., postnatal days P28 to P37) and assessed during adulthood (P60 to P88). An array of neurotransmitter-specific genes, behavioral tests (i.e., reversal learning, prepulse inhibition, and open field), and postmortem brain structure using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and immunohistochemistry, were employed to assess persistent alterations in adult brain. Results: At P38, 24hours after AE binge, many neurotransmitter genes, particularly cholinergic and dopaminergic, were reduced by ethanol treatment. Interestingly, dopamine receptor type 4 mRNA was reduced and confirmed using immunohistochemistry. Normal control maturation (P38 to P88) resulted in decreased neurotransmitter mRNA, e.g., an average decrease of 56%. Following AE treatment, adults showed greater gene expression reductions than controls, averaging 73%. Adult spatial learning assessed in the Morris water maze was not changed by AE treatment, but reversal learning experiments revealed deficits. Assessment of adult brain region volumes using MRI indicated that the olfactory bulb and basal forebrain were smaller in adults following AE. Immunohistochemical analyses found reduced basal forebrain area and fewer basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. Conclusions: Adolescent binge ethanol treatment reduces adult neurotransmitter gene expression, particularly cholinergic genes, reduces basal forebrain and olfactory bulb volumes, and causes a reduction in the density of basal forebrain acetylcholine neurons. Loss of cholinergic neurons and forebrain structure could underlie adult reversal learning deficits following adolescent binge drinking. JF - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research AU - Coleman Jr, Leon G AU - He, Jun AU - Lee, Joohwi AU - Styner, Martin AU - Crews, Fulton T AD - From the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (LGC, JH, FTC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Psychiatry (JH, MS, FTC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Department of Computer Science (JL, MS), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Y1 - 2011/04// PY - 2011 DA - Apr 2011 SP - 671 EP - 688 PB - Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River Street Hoboken NJ 07030-5774 USA VL - 35 IS - 4 SN - 0145-6008, 0145-6008 KW - Genetics Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; CSA Neurosciences Abstracts KW - Adolescence KW - Magnetic resonance imaging KW - Cholinergic nerves KW - Brain KW - Neurochemistry KW - Olfactory bulb KW - Gene expression KW - spatial memory KW - Forebrain KW - Reversal learning KW - Dopamine KW - Forebrain (basal) KW - Alcoholism KW - Neurotoxicity KW - Drinking behavior KW - Neurotransmitters KW - Drinking water KW - Immunohistochemistry KW - Ethanol KW - G 07720:Immunogenetics KW - X 24380:Social Poisons & Drug Abuse KW - N3 11028:Neuropharmacology & toxicology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1017958286?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxicologyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Alcoholism%3A+Clinical+and+Experimental+Research&rft.atitle=Adolescent+Binge+Drinking+Alters+Adult+Brain+Neurotransmitter+Gene+Expression%2C+Behavior%2C+Brain+Regional+Volumes%2C+and+Neurochemistry+in+Mice&rft.au=Coleman+Jr%2C+Leon+G%3BHe%2C+Jun%3BLee%2C+Joohwi%3BStyner%2C+Martin%3BCrews%2C+Fulton+T&rft.aulast=Coleman+Jr&rft.aufirst=Leon&rft.date=2011-04-01&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=671&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Alcoholism%3A+Clinical+and+Experimental+Research&rft.issn=01456008&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fj.1530-0277.2010.01385.x LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2012-05-01 N1 - Document feature - figure 10 N1 - Last updated - 2015-06-26 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Adolescence; Magnetic resonance imaging; Brain; Cholinergic nerves; Neurochemistry; Olfactory bulb; spatial memory; Gene expression; Forebrain; Reversal learning; Dopamine; Forebrain (basal); Neurotoxicity; Alcoholism; Drinking behavior; Neurotransmitters; Drinking water; Immunohistochemistry; Ethanol DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01385.x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The success of divestitures in merger enforcement: evidence from the J&J-Pfizer transaction AN - 854373117; 4171291 AB - 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 relating to Johnson & Johnson's $16.6 billion acquisition of Pfizer's consumer health division in 2006. Six brands were divested in this matter to alleviate antitrust concern. For three of the brands, their pre- and post-divestiture performances are similar, while the remainder underwent changes that do not appear to be divestiture related. Overall, the results are consistent with the view that the divestitures maintained the pre-transaction level of competition. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - International journal of industrial organization AU - Tenn, S AU - Yun, John M AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2011/03// PY - 2011 DA - Mar 2011 SP - 273 EP - 282 VL - 29 IS - 2 SN - 0167-7187, 0167-7187 KW - Economics KW - Strategic planning KW - Acquisitions KW - Economic performance KW - Mergers KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Competition KW - Divestment UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/854373117?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=The+success+of+divestitures+in+merger+enforcement%3A+evidence+from+the+J%26amp%3BJ-Pfizer+transaction&rft.au=Tenn%2C+S%3BYun%2C+John+M&rft.aulast=Tenn&rft.aufirst=S&rft.date=2011-03-01&rft.volume=29&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=273&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=01677187&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ijindorg.2010.07.003 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1123 7321; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 3652 11239; 12305 9560; 547 2527 3896 3921; 3974 9390; 2649 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2010.07.003 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Retention and selectivity effects caused by bonding of a polar urea-type ligand to silica: a study on mixed-mode retention mechanisms and the pivotal role of solute-silanol interactions in the hydrophilic interaction chromatography elution mode. AN - 848316702; 21067765 AB - The separation properties of five silica packings bonded with 1-[3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl]urea in the range of 0-3.67 μmol m⁻² were investigated in the hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) elution mode. An increase of the ligand surface density promoted retention of non-charged polar compounds and even more so for acids. An opposite trend was observed for bases, while the amphoteric compound tyrosine exhibited a U-shaped response profile. An overall partitioning retention mechanism was incompatible with these observations; rather, the substantial involvement of adsorptive interactions was implicated. Support for the latter was provided by column-specific changes in analyte retention and concomitant selectivity effects due to variations of salt concentration, type of salt, pH value, organic modifier content, and column temperature. Silica was more selective for separating compounds differing in charge state (e.g. tyramine vs. 4-hydroxybenzoic acid), while in cases where structural differences of solutes resided in non-charged polar groups (e.g. tyramine vs. 5-hydroxydopamine, nucleoside vs. nucleobase) more selective separations were obtained on bonded phases. Hierarchical cluster analysis of the home-made urea-type and three commercial amide-type bonded packings evinced considerable differences in separation properties. The present data emphasise that the role of the packing material under HILIC elution conditions is hardly just the polar support for a dynamic coating with a water-enriched layer. Three major retention mechanisms are claimed to be relevant on bare silica and the urea-type bonded packings: (i) HILIC-type partitioning, (ii) HILIC-type weak adsorption such as hydrogen bonding between solutes and ligands or solutes and silanols (potentially influenced by individual degrees of solvation, salt bridging, etc.), (iii) strong electrostatic (ionic) solute-silanol interactions (attractive/repulsive). Even when non-charged polar bonded phases are used, solute-silanol interactions should not be discounted, which makes them a prime parameter to be characterised by HILIC column tests. Multi/mixed-mode type separations seem to be common under HILIC elution conditions, associated with a great deal of selectivity increments. They are accessible and controllable by a careful choice of the type of packing, the mobile phase composition, and the temperature. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JF - Journal of chromatography. A AU - Bicker, Wolfgang AU - Wu, Junyan AU - Yeman, Helen AU - Albert, Klaus AU - Lindner, Wolfgang AD - Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 38, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. wolfgang.bicker@ftc-wien.at Y1 - 2011/02/18/ PY - 2011 DA - 2011 Feb 18 SP - 882 EP - 895 VL - 1218 IS - 7 KW - Acetonitriles KW - 0 KW - Ligands KW - Organosilicon Compounds KW - Salts KW - Urea KW - 8W8T17847W KW - acetonitrile KW - Z072SB282N KW - Index Medicus KW - Acetonitriles -- chemistry KW - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions KW - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular KW - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration KW - Temperature KW - Salts -- chemistry KW - Models, Chemical KW - Cluster Analysis KW - Surface Properties KW - Organosilicon Compounds -- chemistry KW - Urea -- chemistry KW - Chromatography, Affinity -- methods UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/848316702?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+chromatography.+A&rft.atitle=Retention+and+selectivity+effects+caused+by+bonding+of+a+polar+urea-type+ligand+to+silica%3A+a+study+on+mixed-mode+retention+mechanisms+and+the+pivotal+role+of+solute-silanol+interactions+in+the+hydrophilic+interaction+chromatography+elution+mode.&rft.au=Bicker%2C+Wolfgang%3BWu%2C+Junyan%3BYeman%2C+Helen%3BAlbert%2C+Klaus%3BLindner%2C+Wolfgang&rft.aulast=Bicker&rft.aufirst=Wolfgang&rft.date=2011-02-18&rft.volume=1218&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=882&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+chromatography.+A&rft.issn=1873-3778&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.chroma.2010.10.073 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2011-05-02 N1 - Date created - 2011-01-28 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-18 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2010.10.073 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Subadditivity, patience, and utility: The effects of dividing time intervals AN - 818627425; 201032151 AB - Previous work has demonstrated that time discounting is subadditive: individuals exhibit more impatience evaluating a delay as divided into sub-intervals. This paper argues that subdivision affects both components of intertemporal choice, the utility function as well as the intertemporal discount function. In my first experiment, I demonstrate that differential concavity of utility for gains and convexity for losses implies that the discounting of losses is even more subadditive than the discounting of gains. Individuals display even more relative impatience over divided time intervals for negative amounts of money than for positive amounts of money. My second experiment utilizes alternative elicitation methods, which impose an intertemporal status quo, to highlight these utility effects. Subadditivity is stronger when delaying an early gain than for hastening a later gain. The reverse pattern holds for losses; discounting is more subadditive when hastening a later loss than for delaying an earlier loss. [Copyright Elsevier B.V.] JF - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization AU - McAlvanah, Patrick AD - Patrick McAlvanah, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Drop NJ 4136, Washington, DC, United States pmcalvanah@ftc.gov Y1 - 2010/11// PY - 2010 DA - November 2010 SP - 325 EP - 337 PB - Elsevier Ltd, The Netherlands VL - 76 IS - 2 SN - 0167-2681, 0167-2681 KW - Intertemporal choice Temporal discounting Time preferences Framing effect Experimental economics Behavioral economics Subadditive discounting KW - Discounts KW - Patience KW - Discounting KW - Money KW - Elicitation KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/818627425?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aassia&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Economic+Behavior+%26+Organization&rft.atitle=Subadditivity%2C+patience%2C+and+utility%3A+The+effects+of+dividing+time+intervals&rft.au=McAlvanah%2C+Patrick&rft.aulast=McAlvanah&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rft.date=2010-11-01&rft.volume=76&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=325&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Economic+Behavior+%26+Organization&rft.issn=01672681&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.jebo.2010.06.009 LA - English DB - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) N1 - Date revised - 2010-12-16 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Discounting; Money; Discounts; Patience; Elicitation DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2010.06.009 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The role of education in the production of health: an empirical analysis of smoking behavior AN - 743809365; 3979333 AB - We estimate the effect of education on smoking. Our estimation strategy 'differences out' the impact of unobserved characteristics correlated with education by exploiting education differences between similarly selected groups 1 year apart in their life cycle. Individuals with a given age, education, and student status in the current and previous year are compared to their counterparts born 1 year later with the same age, education, and student status in the following and current year. We find that an additional year of education does not have a causal effect on smoking. Unobserved factors correlated with education entirely explain their cross-sectional relationship. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - Journal of health economics AU - Tenn, Steven AU - Herman, D A AU - Wendling, B AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2010/05// PY - 2010 DA - May 2010 SP - 404 EP - 417 VL - 29 IS - 3 SN - 0167-6296, 0167-6296 KW - Sociology KW - Economics KW - Comparative analysis KW - Smoking KW - Causal analysis KW - Individual behaviour KW - Education KW - Health education KW - Level of education KW - Estimation KW - Health KW - Empirical research UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/743809365?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+health+economics&rft.atitle=The+role+of+education+in+the+production+of+health%3A+an+empirical+analysis+of+smoking+behavior&rft.au=Tenn%2C+Steven%3BHerman%2C+D+A%3BWendling%2C+B&rft.aulast=Tenn&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft.date=2010-05-01&rft.volume=29&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=404&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+health+economics&rft.issn=01676296&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.jhealeco.2010.03.001 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 4049; 5772; 11755 5707 6071 1542 11325; 5779 4049; 6323 6071 1542 11325; 7353 4049; 2085 971 2088 10642 2688 2449 10404; 4200 10902; 4403 7854; 2630 971 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.03.001 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Case Studies Of High Capacity Filters T2 - 2010 Annual Conference of the American Filtration and Separation Society (AFS 2010) AN - 742823179; 5707433 JF - 2010 Annual Conference of the American Filtration and Separation Society (AFS 2010) AU - Hampton, John Y1 - 2010/03/22/ PY - 2010 DA - 2010 Mar 22 KW - Case studies KW - Filters KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/742823179?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=2010+Annual+Conference+of+the+American+Filtration+and+Separation+Society+%28AFS+2010%29&rft.atitle=Case+Studies+Of+High+Capacity+Filters&rft.au=Hampton%2C+John&rft.aulast=Hampton&rft.aufirst=John&rft.date=2010-03-22&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=2010+Annual+Conference+of+the+American+Filtration+and+Separation+Society+%28AFS+2010%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.afssociety.org/spring2010/sessions/index.html LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-05-17 N1 - Last updated - 2010-08-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Spending on new drug development1 AN - 57353421; 201005947 AB - This paper replicates DiMasi et al. (J. Health Econ. 2003; 22: 151-185; Drug Inf. J. 2004; 38: 211-223) estimates of expenditure on new drug development using publicly available data. The paper estimates that average expenditure on drugs in human clinical trials is around $27m per year, with $17m per year on drugs in Phase I, $34m on drugs in Phase II and $27m per year on drugs in Phase III of the human clinical trials. The paper's estimated expenditure on new drug development is somewhat greater than suggested by the survey results presented in DiMasi et al. (J. Health Econ. 2003; 22: 151-185; Drug Inf. J. 2004; 38: 211-223). The paper combines a 12-year panel of research and development expenditure for 183 publicly traded firms in the pharmaceutical industry with panel of drugs in human clinical trials for each firm over the same period. The paper estimates drug expenditure by estimating the relationship between research and development expenditure and the number of drugs in development for 1682 company/years (183 firms multiplied by the number of years for which we have financial and drug development information). The paper also estimates expenditure on drugs in various therapeutic categories. [Copyright John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.] JF - Health Economics AU - Adams, Christopher Paul AU - Brantner, Van Vu AD - Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, USA cadams@ftc.gov Y1 - 2010/02// PY - 2010 DA - February 2010 SP - 130 EP - 141 PB - John Wiley, Chichester UK VL - 19 IS - 2 SN - 1057-9230, 1057-9230 KW - Businesses KW - Expenditure KW - Research and development KW - Health KW - Clinical trials KW - Drug industry KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/57353421?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aassia&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Health+Economics&rft.atitle=Spending+on+new+drug+development1&rft.au=Adams%2C+Christopher+Paul%3BBrantner%2C+Van+Vu&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.date=2010-02-01&rft.volume=19&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=130&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Health+Economics&rft.issn=10579230&rft_id=info:doi/10.1002%2Fhec.1454 LA - English DB - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-07 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - CODEN - HEECEZ N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Expenditure; Clinical trials; Businesses; Health; Research and development; Drug industry DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1454 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Past Failures and Potential Success of Mandated Mortgage Disclosures: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment and Qualitative Interviews with Real Consumers T2 - 2010 Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting (ASSA 2010) AN - 42299712; 5635118 JF - 2010 Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting (ASSA 2010) AU - Pappalardo, Janis AU - Lacko, Jim Y1 - 2010/01/03/ PY - 2010 DA - 2010 Jan 03 KW - Loans KW - Consumers KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42299712?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=2010+Allied+Social+Sciences+Association+Annual+Meeting+%28ASSA+2010%29&rft.atitle=Past+Failures+and+Potential+Success+of+Mandated+Mortgage+Disclosures%3A+Evidence+from+a+Randomized+Experiment+and+Qualitative+Interviews+with+Real+Consumers&rft.au=Pappalardo%2C+Janis%3BLacko%2C+Jim&rft.aulast=Pappalardo&rft.aufirst=Janis&rft.date=2010-01-03&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=2010+Allied+Social+Sciences+Association+Annual+Meeting+%28ASSA+2010%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/conference/program/preliminary.php LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Consumer Protection for Prospective Assisted Living Facility Residents: Gordian Knot or Solvable Problem? AN - 741610976; 201006325 AB - The consumer protection safety net for prospective assisted living facility residents and their caregivers is a work in progress and is filled with numerous potential pitfalls. Notwithstanding a recent deluge of recent state legislation, baselines in crucial areas remain erratic and confusing; in addition, useful factual information is hard to come by. Using a legal perspective, based on statutory and regulatory examples from different states and interviews with industry stakeholders, the author explores the causes of assisted living facilities choice problems, potential solutions, and the obstacles affecting these solutions. Adapted from the source document. JF - Journal of Housing for the Elderly AU - Spiegel, David R AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, USA Y1 - 2010/01// PY - 2010 DA - January 2010 SP - 44 EP - 54 PB - Haworth Press/Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia PA VL - 24 IS - 1 SN - 0276-3893, 0276-3893 KW - Caregivers KW - Long Term Care KW - Consumers KW - Protection KW - Interest Groups KW - Legislation KW - article KW - 6127: social gerontology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/741610976?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocialservices&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Housing+for+the+Elderly&rft.atitle=Consumer+Protection+for+Prospective+Assisted+Living+Facility+Residents%3A+Gordian+Knot+or+Solvable+Problem%3F&rft.au=Spiegel%2C+David+R&rft.aulast=Spiegel&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=2010-01-01&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=44&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Housing+for+the+Elderly&rft.issn=02763893&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F02763890903547088 LA - English DB - Social Services Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2010-10-21 N1 - Number of references - 13 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - JHELD2 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Long Term Care; Protection; Consumers; Interest Groups; Caregivers; Legislation DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02763890903547088 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economics at the FTC: Retrospective Merger Analysis with a Focus on Hospitals AN - 58828023; 2008-438113 AB - 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 empirically the competitive effects of mergers. This work has ranged from subjective interview-based reports on post-merger behavior to more objective analyses of post-merger performance based on rigorous empirical analysis of prices. In this essay we discuss the merger retrospective literature generally, and focus on the FTC staff's recent empirical analyses of consummated hospital mergers. Adapted from the source document. JF - Review of Industrial Organization AU - Farrell, Joseph AU - Pautler, Paul A AU - Vita, Michael G AD - Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, DC, 20580, USA jfarrell@ftc.gov Y1 - 2009/12// PY - 2009 DA - December 2009 SP - 369 EP - 385 PB - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands VL - 35 IS - 4 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic policy, planning, and development KW - Health conditions and policy - Hospitals and other health care facilities KW - Business and service sector - Personnel management KW - Manufacturing and heavy industry - Industrial management, production, and productivity KW - Economic conditions and policy - Consumers and consumption KW - Economic conditions and policy - Economic conditions KW - Business and service sector - Business finance KW - Prices KW - Business consolidation KW - United States Federal trade commission KW - Performance KW - Competition KW - Consumer protection KW - Political economy KW - Hospitals KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/58828023?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apais&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+Industrial+Organization&rft.atitle=Economics+at+the+FTC%3A+Retrospective+Merger+Analysis+with+a+Focus+on+Hospitals&rft.au=Farrell%2C+Joseph%3BPautler%2C+Paul+A%3BVita%2C+Michael+G&rft.aulast=Farrell&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft.date=2009-12-01&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=369&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+Industrial+Organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-009-9231-2 LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2010-10-21 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - RIOREU N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - United States Federal trade commission; Business consolidation; Political economy; Hospitals; Performance; Consumer protection; Competition; Prices DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-009-9231-2 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Critical Import Elasticities, Geographic Market Definition, and the 'Imports-as-Market-Discipline' Hypothesis T2 - 79th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association (SEA 2009) AN - 42165346; 5567141 JF - 79th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association (SEA 2009) AU - Carlson, Julie AU - Zimmerman, Paul Y1 - 2009/11/21/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Nov 21 KW - Imports KW - Elasticity KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42165346?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=79th+Annual+Meeting+of+the+Southern+Economic+Association+%28SEA+2009%29&rft.atitle=Critical+Import+Elasticities%2C+Geographic+Market+Definition%2C+and+the+%27Imports-as-Market-Discipline%27+Hypothesis&rft.au=Carlson%2C+Julie%3BZimmerman%2C+Paul&rft.aulast=Carlson&rft.aufirst=Julie&rft.date=2009-11-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=79th+Annual+Meeting+of+the+Southern+Economic+Association+%28SEA+2009%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.etnpconferences.net/sea/seaarchive/sea1109/User/Program.php LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Crime and Health Insurance T2 - 79th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association (SEA 2009) AN - 42164071; 5567043 JF - 79th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association (SEA 2009) AU - Koc, Cagatay Y1 - 2009/11/21/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Nov 21 KW - Insurance KW - Crime KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42164071?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=79th+Annual+Meeting+of+the+Southern+Economic+Association+%28SEA+2009%29&rft.atitle=Crime+and+Health+Insurance&rft.au=Koc%2C+Cagatay&rft.aulast=Koc&rft.aufirst=Cagatay&rft.date=2009-11-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=79th+Annual+Meeting+of+the+Southern+Economic+Association+%28SEA+2009%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.etnpconferences.net/sea/seaarchive/sea1109/User/Program.php LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Competition and Cost Pass-through in Differentiated Oligopolies T2 - 79th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association (SEA 2009) AN - 42163246; 5567117 JF - 79th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association (SEA 2009) AU - Zimmerman, Paul AU - Carlson, Julie Y1 - 2009/11/21/ PY - 2009 DA - 2009 Nov 21 KW - Competition KW - U 7000:Multidisciplinary UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/42163246?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=79th+Annual+Meeting+of+the+Southern+Economic+Association+%28SEA+2009%29&rft.atitle=Competition+and+Cost+Pass-through+in+Differentiated+Oligopolies&rft.au=Zimmerman%2C+Paul%3BCarlson%2C+Julie&rft.aulast=Zimmerman&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft.date=2009-11-21&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=79th+Annual+Meeting+of+the+Southern+Economic+Association+%28SEA+2009%29&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ L2 - http://www.etnpconferences.net/sea/seaarchive/sea1109/User/Program.php LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2010-04-06 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Implementation of a new architecture for the US national accounts AN - 37166012; 3880896 JF - American economic review AU - Jorgenson, Dale W AU - Landefeld, J Steven AD - Harvard University ; Bureau of Economics Analysis Y1 - 2009/05// PY - 2009 DA - May 2009 SP - 64 EP - 68 VL - 99 IS - 2 SN - 0002-8282, 0002-8282 KW - Economics KW - Economic history KW - Innovation KW - Economic policy KW - 20th century KW - Macroeconomics KW - U.S.A. KW - Post-conflict reconstruction KW - National accounts UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37166012?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+economic+review&rft.atitle=Implementation+of+a+new+architecture+for+the+US+national+accounts&rft.au=Jorgenson%2C+Dale+W%3BLandefeld%2C+J+Steven&rft.aulast=Jorgenson&rft.aufirst=Dale&rft.date=2009-05-01&rft.volume=99&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=64&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=American+economic+review&rft.issn=00028282&rft_id=info:doi/10.1257%2Faer.99.2.64 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 6564 12622; 7585 4025; 3977 5574 10472; Post-conflict reconstruction; 476 8168 5889; 3941 5889; 8483; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.2.64 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Are people more risk-taking in the presence of the opposite sex? AN - 37150471; 3875403 AB - This paper investigates whether exposure to the opposite sex induces greater risk-taking in both males and females. Experimental subjects evaluated a series of hypothetical monetary gambles before and after viewing pictures of opposite sex faces; control subjects viewed pictures of cars. Both males and females viewing opposite sex photos displayed a significant increase in risk tolerance, whereas the control subjects exhibited no significant change. Surprisingly, the attractiveness of the photo had no effect; subjects viewing photographs of attractive opposite sex persons displayed similar results as those viewing photographs of unattractive people. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - Journal of economic psychology AU - McAlvanah, Patrick AD - Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics Y1 - 2009/04// PY - 2009 DA - Apr 2009 SP - 136 EP - 146 VL - 30 IS - 2 SN - 0167-4870, 0167-4870 KW - Economics KW - Economic psychology KW - Decision making KW - Probability KW - Experimental economics KW - Interpersonal attraction KW - Behavioural economics KW - Sex roles UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37150471?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+economic+psychology&rft.atitle=Are+people+more+risk-taking+in+the+presence+of+the+opposite+sex%3F&rft.au=McAlvanah%2C+Patrick&rft.aulast=McAlvanah&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rft.date=2009-04-01&rft.volume=30&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=136&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+economic+psychology&rft.issn=01674870&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.joep.2008.10.002 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 10214 12224 971; 3322 6071 1542 11325; 4625 4025; 6815 6823; 11554 11099; 3985 10404; 1539 3985 10404 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2008.10.002 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Do Court Decisions Drive the Federal Trade Commission's Enforcement Policy on Merger Settlements? AN - 58813625; 2008-270106 AB - Mergers are generally conglomerate in nature with only minor (if any) horizontal overlaps. Under U.S. law, an enforcement agency may challenge any anticompetitive aspect of the merger and the consequent delay associated with litigation would impose costs on the firm. These costs may give the enforcement agency 'leverage' to extract a settlement even when the firm would prevail in court. This paper explores whether the FTC's decisions to challenge transactions approximate the case law. We find that the representative enforcement regimes of the FTC and the courts are remarkably similar, although the FTC credits efficiencies, while courts consider buyer sophistication as a mitigating factor. Adapted from the source document. JF - Review of Industrial Organization AU - Coate, Malcolm B AU - Ulrick, Shawn W AD - Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20580, USA email: mcoate@ftc.gov Y1 - 2009/03// PY - 2009 DA - March 2009 SP - 99 EP - 114 PB - Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands VL - 34 IS - 2 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Administration of justice - Courts and judicial power KW - Business and service sector - Business organization and administration KW - Courts KW - Business consolidation KW - United States Federal trade commission KW - article UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/58813625?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apais&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+Industrial+Organization&rft.atitle=Do+Court+Decisions+Drive+the+Federal+Trade+Commission%27s+Enforcement+Policy+on+Merger+Settlements%3F&rft.au=Coate%2C+Malcolm+B%3BUlrick%2C+Shawn+W&rft.aulast=Coate&rft.aufirst=Malcolm&rft.date=2009-03-01&rft.volume=34&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=99&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+Industrial+Organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-008-9195-7 LA - English DB - PAIS Index N1 - Date revised - 2010-10-21 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - RIOREU N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - United States Federal trade commission; Courts; Business consolidation DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-008-9195-7 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The formulation and evaluation of transport route planning alternatives: a spatial decision support system for the Via Baltica project, Poland AN - 20425133; 9092668 AB - Transport planning plays an undeniably key role in the economic growth of any region. However, when done heedlessly this planning can be detrimental to the biophysical and social environment of the region. In transport route planning generally one or a few alternative routes are proposed, usually representing the interest of the proponent If required, an environmental impact assessment is carried out on these alternatives. Although, EIA and SEA are meant to be effective in taking informed decisions about the proposed route, these alternatives - the heart of impact assessment - are themselves devised in a subjective and non-spatial manner. Such an approach may easily overlook routes, which could otherwise have been more suitable. A planning system that directly takes into account environmental and socio-economic considerations in selecting alternative routes facilitates sustainable development This paper presents a holistic and coherent spatial multi-criteria network analysis method for the generation of optimal routing alternatives under different policy visions, in a network of existing roads. The presented methodology was case-tested for the highly contested 340 km portion of the Via Baltica corridor in Poland, a part of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) program. The methodology shows its ability to serve as a versatile effect-based decision support system for transport route planning at a strategically higher level of planning, particularly for (geographically) large-scale investment schemes. JF - Journal of Transport Geography AU - Keshkamat, S S AU - Looijen, J M AU - Zuidgeest, MHP AD - Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Ceo-Information Management, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (FTC), P.O. Box 6, Hengelosestraat 99. Enschede, The Netherlands, Sukhad@ErasmusMundus-Alumni.EU Y1 - 2009/01// PY - 2009 DA - Jan 2009 SP - 54 EP - 64 VL - 17 IS - 1 SN - 0966-6923, 0966-6923 KW - Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Artificial intelligence KW - ANE, Poland KW - environmental impact assessment KW - Decision support systems KW - Sustainable development KW - Socioeconomics KW - economic growth KW - Geography KW - M3 1010:Issues in Sustainable Development UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/20425133?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Transport+Geography&rft.atitle=The+formulation+and+evaluation+of+transport+route+planning+alternatives%3A+a+spatial+decision+support+system+for+the+Via+Baltica+project%2C+Poland&rft.au=Keshkamat%2C+S+S%3BLooijen%2C+J+M%3BZuidgeest%2C+MHP&rft.aulast=Keshkamat&rft.aufirst=S&rft.date=2009-01-01&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=54&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Transport+Geography&rft.issn=09666923&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.jtrangeo.2008.04.010 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2009-03-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-30 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Artificial intelligence; environmental impact assessment; Decision support systems; Socioeconomics; Sustainable development; economic growth; Geography; ANE, Poland DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.04.010 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Retail gasoline pricing: what do we know? AN - 37030527; 3810180 AB - We use a data set consisting of a three year panel of prices from a sample of gasoline stations located in suburban Washington DC and a corresponding census of the region's stations to develop three new empirical findings about retail gasoline pricing. First, while average retail margins vary substantially over time (by more than 50% over the three years we analyze), the shape of the margin distribution remains relatively constant. Second, there is substantial heterogeneity in pricing behavior: stations charging very low or very high prices are more likely to maintain their pricing position than stations charging prices near the mean. Third, retail gasoline pricing is dynamic. Despite the heterogeneity in station pricing behavior, stations frequently change their relative pricing position in this distribution, sometimes dramatically. We then relate these three findings to relevant theories of retail pricing. While many models of retail pricing are consistent with some of our findings, we find that all have serious shortcomings. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - International journal of industrial organization AU - Hosken, D S AU - McMillan, R S AU - Taylor, Christopher T AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2008/11// PY - 2008 DA - Nov 2008 SP - 1425 EP - 1436 VL - 26 IS - 6 SN - 0167-7187, 0167-7187 KW - Economics KW - Retail trade KW - Energy market KW - Petrol KW - Pricing KW - Oil price KW - U.S.A. KW - Oil market KW - Oil industry UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37030527?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Retail+gasoline+pricing%3A+what+do+we+know%3F&rft.au=Hosken%2C+D+S%3BMcMillan%2C+R+S%3BTaylor%2C+Christopher+T&rft.aulast=Hosken&rft.aufirst=D&rft.date=2008-11-01&rft.volume=26&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=1425&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=01677187&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ijindorg.2008.02.003 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 8894 7711; 8898 10107; 8893 6431; 10119; 9450 9451; 4258 7711; 10980 12812; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.02.003 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economics at the FTC: the Google-DoubleClick merger, resale price maintenance, mortgage disclosures, and credit scoring in auto insurance AN - 37007185; 3795380 AB - 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 work on the Google-DoubleClick merger and recent activity on resale price maintenance, an area in which FTC economists had done significant prior research. On the consumer policy front, we discuss our study of ways to improve mortgage disclosures to facilitate consumer shopping and competition. Finally, we discuss our study of the effects of credit scoring on prices paid for auto insurance with a focus on the effects of scores on different racial and ethnic groups. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Baye, Michael R AU - Barenstein, Matias AU - Holt, Debra J AU - Ippolito, Pauline M AU - Lacko, James M AU - Leary, Jesse B AU - Pappalardo, Janis K AU - Pautler, Paul A AU - Vita, Michael AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2008/11// PY - 2008 DA - Nov 2008 SP - 211 EP - 230 VL - 33 IS - 3 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Trade KW - Ethnicity KW - Prices KW - Race KW - Mergers KW - U.S.A. KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Insurance KW - Consumer protection KW - Mortgages UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37007185?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Economics+at+the+FTC%3A+the+Google-DoubleClick+merger%2C+resale+price+maintenance%2C+mortgage+disclosures%2C+and+credit+scoring+in+auto+insurance&rft.au=Baye%2C+Michael+R%3BBarenstein%2C+Matias%3BHolt%2C+Debra+J%3BIppolito%2C+Pauline+M%3BLacko%2C+James+M%3BLeary%2C+Jesse+B%3BPappalardo%2C+Janis+K%3BPautler%2C+Paul+A%3BVita%2C+Michael&rft.aulast=Baye&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.date=2008-11-01&rft.volume=33&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=211&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-008-9183-y LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1123 7321; 2798 2534 7253; 6592 4957; 12812; 10555 6091; 4435; 8299; 10107; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-008-9183-y ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dusky Dolphins Influence Prey Accessibility for Seabirds in Admiralty Bay, New Zealand AN - 19583486; 8697502 AB - Although seabirds frequently aggregate with feeding delphinids, the benefits to seabirds of feeding with dolphins have been rarely reported. We examined how dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) influenced prey accessibility for seabirds in Admiralty Bay, New Zealand. Interactions of dusky dolphins and seabirds were characterized during 335 feeding bouts of dusky dolphins (52 video-recorded underwater). Dolphins increased prey accessibility for seabirds because they swam under the bottom half of prey balls for 59% of passes that were within 2 m of the prey ball. During feeding bouts by dolphins, 51% of prey balls ascended, whereas only 13% descended. Dolphins also influenced prey mobility; only 24% of stationary feeding bouts became mobile after dolphins began feeding, and 17% subsequently became stationary again. Significantly more Australasian gannets (Morus serrator) were near mobile than stationary prey balls after feeding, but not during feeding bouts. This suggests that feeding gannets increase mobility of prey balls, but that feeding dolphins counteract this effect. Seabirds also used dusky dolphins to locate prey. Numbers of gannets, shearwaters (Puffinus), and gulls (Larus) increased during the first 2 min of dolphin feeding, even when other seabirds were not present. Gannets fed with dolphins for 40% of gannet feeding observations and shearwaters fed with dolphins for 24% of shearwater feeding observations. JF - Journal of Mammalogy AU - Vaughn, Robin L AU - Wuersig, Bernd AU - Shelton, Deborah S AU - Timm, Lori L AU - Watson, Leslie A AD - Marine Mammal Research Program, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 5007 Avenue U, Room 158 FTC, Galveston, TX 77551, USA (RLV, BW, DSS, LAW) Y1 - 2008/08// PY - 2008 DA - Aug 2008 SP - 1051 EP - 1058 PB - Allen Press, Inc., 810 East Tenth St. VL - 89 IS - 4 SN - 0022-2372, 0022-2372 KW - Australian Gannet KW - Cetaceans KW - Gulls KW - Shearwaters KW - Animal Behavior Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources KW - dusky dolphin KW - feeding behavior KW - foraging ecology KW - Lagenorhynchus obscurus KW - mixed species aggregations KW - Morus serrator KW - gannet KW - gull KW - seabird KW - shearwater KW - Marine KW - Feeding KW - Food organisms KW - Marine birds KW - Mobility KW - PSW, Antarctica, South Shetland Is., King George I., Admiralty Bay KW - Interspecific relationships KW - Larus KW - Predator prey interactions KW - Marine mammals KW - Puffinus KW - Cetacea KW - Prey KW - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies KW - Q1 08483:Species interactions: general KW - Y 25150:General/Miscellaneous KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/19583486?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Mammalogy&rft.atitle=Dusky+Dolphins+Influence+Prey+Accessibility+for+Seabirds+in+Admiralty+Bay%2C+New+Zealand&rft.au=Vaughn%2C+Robin+L%3BWuersig%2C+Bernd%3BShelton%2C+Deborah+S%3BTimm%2C+Lori+L%3BWatson%2C+Leslie+A&rft.aulast=Vaughn&rft.aufirst=Robin&rft.date=2008-08-01&rft.volume=89&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=1051&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Mammalogy&rft.issn=00222372&rft_id=info:doi/10.1644%2F07-MAMM-A-145.1 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2008-12-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-03-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Food organisms; Marine birds; Interspecific relationships; Marine mammals; Predator prey interactions; Feeding; Mobility; Prey; Morus serrator; Larus; Lagenorhynchus obscurus; Puffinus; Cetacea; PSW, Antarctica, South Shetland Is., King George I., Admiralty Bay; Marine DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-145.1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Biases in demand analysis due to variation in retail distribution AN - 36921274; 3563536 AB - Aggregate demand models typically assume that consumers choose between all available products. Since consumers may be unwilling to search across every store in a given market for a particular item, this assumption is problematic when product assortments vary across stores. Using supermarket scanner data for five product categories we demonstrate that approximately one third of products have limited retail distribution, which account for one fourth of dollar sales. Monte Carlo analysis demonstrates that the level of limited product availability observed in the data can significantly bias the results of aggregate demand models that incorrectly assume all consumers in a given market face the same choice set. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - International journal of industrial organization AU - Tenn, Steven AU - Yun, J M AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2008/07// PY - 2008 DA - Jul 2008 SP - 984 EP - 997 VL - 26 IS - 4 SN - 0167-7187, 0167-7187 KW - Economics KW - Demand functions KW - Demand analysis KW - Applied economics KW - U.S.A. KW - Aggregate demand KW - Data aggregation KW - Bias UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36921274?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Biases+in+demand+analysis+due+to+variation+in+retail+distribution&rft.au=Tenn%2C+Steven%3BYun%2C+J+M&rft.aulast=Tenn&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft.date=2008-07-01&rft.volume=26&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=984&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=01677187&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ijindorg.2007.09.001 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 3381 3371 3934; 1160 4025; 3372 3883 971; 1565 1362 2688 2449 10404; 659 3371 3934; 3278 3286; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2007.09.001 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Long-term safety and efficacy results of once-daily emtricitabine-based highly active antiretroviral therapy regimens in human immunodeficiency virus-infected pediatric subjects. AN - 70462309; 18332076 AB - The purpose of this work was to obtain long-term safety and efficacy data for antiretroviral regimens containing emtricitabine in HIV-infected pediatric subjects and confirm that a pediatric dose of 6 mg/kg once daily would provide steady-state emtricitabine concentrations comparable to those observed in adults given 200 mg of emtricitabine once daily. HIV-infected subjects between 3 months and 16 years of age were enrolled, including 71 antiretroviral-naïve subjects and 45 antiretroviral-experienced subjects. Naive subjects received emtricitabine plus stavudine plus lopinavir or ritonavir. Experienced subjects replaced the lamivudine in their existing regimens with emtricitabine. Tolerance, safety, disease progression, and virologic and immunologic responses were evaluated. The Kaplan-Meier probability of persistent virologic response in the intent-to-treat population through week 164 at < or = 400 copies per mL and < or = 50 copies per mL was 74% and 62%, respectively. Three subjects (3%) discontinued the study for adverse events, 8 (7%) for virologic failure, and 1 died through a median follow-up of 164 weeks. The annualized incidence rate of grade 3 to 4 adverse events and grade 3 to 4 laboratory abnormalities was 6% and 3%, respectively. The annualized incidence rate of serious adverse events was 9%, with 1% attributed as related to emtricitabine. Genotypic analysis showed the emergence of the M184V mutation in 4 of the 15 subjects who experienced virologic failure through week 164. Pharmacokinetic evaluation demonstrated plasma drug exposures in these children comparable to adults receiving the approved dose of 200 mg once daily. These results demonstrate the safety and efficacy of emtricitabine in pediatric patients. They also support that the safety and efficacy profile of emtricitabine in children is similar to that demonstrated in adults. JF - Pediatrics AU - Saez-Llorens, Xavier AU - Violari, Avy AU - Ndiweni, Dalubuhle AU - Yogev, Ram AU - Cashat, Miguel AU - Wiznia, Andrew AU - Chittick, Greg AU - Harris, Jeanette AU - Hinkle, John AU - Blum, M Robert AU - Adda, Nathalie AU - Rousseau, Franck AU - FTC-203 Study Team AD - Infectious Disease Department, Hospital del Nino, Panama City, Panama. ; FTC-203 Study Team Y1 - 2008/04// PY - 2008 DA - April 2008 SP - e827 EP - e835 VL - 121 IS - 4 KW - Deoxycytidine KW - 0W860991D6 KW - Emtricitabine KW - G70B4ETF4S KW - Abridged Index Medicus KW - Index Medicus KW - Administration, Oral KW - Age Factors KW - Drug Administration Schedule KW - Sex Factors KW - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug KW - Humans KW - Child KW - Risk Assessment KW - Multivariate Analysis KW - Child, Preschool KW - Infant KW - Prospective Studies KW - Logistic Models KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Long-Term Care KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active -- methods KW - Adolescent KW - Male KW - Female KW - Patient Compliance -- statistics & numerical data KW - Deoxycytidine -- adverse effects KW - Deoxycytidine -- analogs & derivatives KW - HIV Infections -- drug therapy KW - Deoxycytidine -- administration & dosage KW - HIV Infections -- diagnosis UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/70462309?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pediatrics&rft.atitle=Long-term+safety+and+efficacy+results+of+once-daily+emtricitabine-based+highly+active+antiretroviral+therapy+regimens+in+human+immunodeficiency+virus-infected+pediatric+subjects.&rft.au=Saez-Llorens%2C+Xavier%3BViolari%2C+Avy%3BNdiweni%2C+Dalubuhle%3BYogev%2C+Ram%3BCashat%2C+Miguel%3BWiznia%2C+Andrew%3BChittick%2C+Greg%3BHarris%2C+Jeanette%3BHinkle%2C+John%3BBlum%2C+M+Robert%3BAdda%2C+Nathalie%3BRousseau%2C+Franck%3BFTC-203+Study+Team&rft.aulast=Saez-Llorens&rft.aufirst=Xavier&rft.date=2008-04-01&rft.volume=121&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=e827&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Pediatrics&rft.issn=1098-4275&rft_id=info:doi/10.1542%2Fpeds.2006-3078 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2008-04-30 N1 - Date created - 2008-04-02 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-18 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-3078 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Identity theft AN - 36912248; 3561936 JF - Journal of economic perspectives AU - Anderson, Keith B AU - Durbin, Erik AU - Salinger, Michael A AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC ; Boston University Y1 - 2008/04// PY - 2008 DA - Apr 2008 SP - 171 EP - 192 VL - 22 IS - 2 SN - 0895-3309, 0895-3309 KW - Economics KW - Identity theft KW - Information economics KW - Financial information KW - Crime KW - Fraud KW - Credit market KW - Payment systems KW - U.S.A. UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36912248?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+economic+perspectives&rft.atitle=Identity+theft&rft.au=Anderson%2C+Keith+B%3BDurbin%2C+Erik%3BSalinger%2C+Michael+A&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Keith&rft.date=2008-04-01&rft.volume=22&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=171&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+economic+perspectives&rft.issn=08953309&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 9294 9295; 6521 4025; 5270 3035 3015 11881 2909; 3015 11881; 2998 7711; 4927 6515; 433 293 14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Application of discriminant analysis to differentiate between incorporation of cocaine and its congeners into hair and contamination. AN - 70333311; 18063333 AB - The requirement to differentiate between incorporation and external contamination of drugs into hair is undisputed, in particular when dealing with compounds which are administered by sniffing or inhalation (e.g. cocaine). With the aim of making this discrimination, hair samples from cocaine (COC) users (group IN) and seized cocaine samples (group OUT) were compared regarding the parameters benzoylecgonine (BZE), ecgonine methyl ester (EME), ecgonine (ECG), anhydroecgonine methyl ester (AEME), cocaethylene (CE) and norcocaine (NCOC). Since most of these compounds may be minor by-products of COC or be formed by biotransformation or chemical degradation, the stability of each substance was carefully examined. COC was found to be converted into significant amounts of BZE, EME and ECG even under mild extraction conditions, while traces of NCOC proved to be a ubiquitous by-product of COC. Cocaine positive hairs and seized cocaine samples (diluted to relevant concentrations) were equally preprocessed and analyzed by LC-MS-MS. Out of the metabolites listed above, NCOC, CE and AEME (each normalised to COC) were significantly increased in the incorporation group (i.e. hair samples from cocaine users). Based on this approach, a statistical discriminant analysis enabled us to make a prediction (and estimation of uncertainty) for each cocaine positive hair sample as to its likelihood of belonging to the group of cocaine users or of being contaminated. JF - Forensic science international AU - Hoelzle, C AU - Scheufler, F AU - Uhl, M AU - Sachs, H AU - Thieme, D AD - Forensic Toxicological Centre, Bayerstr. 53, 80335 Munich, Germany; Institute of Forensic Medicine, Frauenlobstr. 7a, 80337 Munich, Germany. ftc-muenchen@t-online.de Y1 - 2008/03/21/ PY - 2008 DA - 2008 Mar 21 SP - 13 EP - 18 VL - 176 IS - 1 KW - Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors KW - 0 KW - norcocaine KW - 3SL7BR2M1E KW - anhydroecgonine methyl ester KW - 43021-26-7 KW - benzoylecgonine KW - 5353I8I6YS KW - ecgonine KW - DX2E9E17AV KW - cocaethylene KW - FJO3071W5Y KW - Cocaine KW - I5Y540LHVR KW - ecgonine methyl ester KW - Y35FJB3QBJ KW - Index Medicus KW - Substance Abuse Detection KW - Humans KW - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry KW - Forensic Toxicology KW - Discriminant Analysis KW - Cocaine -- analysis KW - Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors -- analysis KW - Cocaine -- analogs & derivatives KW - Drug Contamination KW - Hair -- chemistry UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/70333311?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Forensic+science+international&rft.atitle=Application+of+discriminant+analysis+to+differentiate+between+incorporation+of+cocaine+and+its+congeners+into+hair+and+contamination.&rft.au=Hoelzle%2C+C%3BScheufler%2C+F%3BUhl%2C+M%3BSachs%2C+H%3BThieme%2C+D&rft.aulast=Hoelzle&rft.aufirst=C&rft.date=2008-03-21&rft.volume=176&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=13&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Forensic+science+international&rft.issn=1872-6283&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2008-04-10 N1 - Date created - 2008-02-26 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-18 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Do gasoline mergers affect consumer prices? The marathon ashland petroleum and ultramar diamond shamrock transaction AN - 36984704; 3780634 AB - In 1999, Marathon Ashland Petroleum (MAP) acquired the Michigan assets of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock (UDS), which increased MAP's share of terminal storage in Michigan from about 16 percent to about 25 percent and increased the share of gasoline stations bearing a MAP brand from about 16 percent to about 24 percent. In this paper, we examine whether this acquisition affected the retail price of gasoline. We use a difference-in-differences model to compare price movements in six Michigan cities affected by the acquisition with price movements in two nearby cities unaffected by the acquisition. Using this model, we find no evidence that this acquisition led to higher prices for consumers. Reprinted by permission of the University of Chicago Press. © All rights reserved JF - Journal of law and economics AU - Simpson, John AU - Taylor, Christopher AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2008/02// PY - 2008 DA - Feb 2008 SP - 135 EP - 152 VL - 51 IS - 1 SN - 0022-2186, 0022-2186 KW - Economics KW - Comparative analysis KW - Consumer prices KW - Petrol KW - Price rises KW - Assets KW - Stocks KW - Law KW - Oil price UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36984704?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+law+and+economics&rft.atitle=Do+gasoline+mergers+affect+consumer+prices%3F+The+marathon+ashland+petroleum+and+ultramar+diamond+shamrock+transaction&rft.au=Simpson%2C+John%3BTaylor%2C+Christopher&rft.aulast=Simpson&rft.aufirst=John&rft.date=2008-02-01&rft.volume=51&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=135&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+law+and+economics&rft.issn=00222186&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 9450 9451; 2797 10107; 12290; 8898 10107; 10097; 1348 9079; 2630 971; 7253 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Using semi-parametric methods in an analysis of earnings mobility AN - 37159218; 3876848 AB - This paper describes a dynamic random effects econometric model from which inferences on earnings mobility may be made. It answers questions such as, given some initial level of observed earnings, what is the probability that an agent with certain characteristics will remain below a specified level of earnings (for example the poverty level) for a specified number of time periods? Existing research assumes that the distributions of the unobserved permanent and transitory shocks in the model are known up to finitely many parameters. However, predictions of earnings mobility are highly sensitive to assumptions about these distributions. The present paper estimates the distributions of the random effects non-parametrically. The results are used to predict the probabilities of remaining in a low state of earnings. The results from the non-parametric distributions are contrasted to those obtained under a normality assumption. Using the non-parametrically estimated distributions gives estimated probabilities that are smaller than those obtained under the normality assumption. Through a Monte Carlo experiment and by examining unconditional predicted earnings distributions, it is demonstrated that the non-parametric method is likely to be considerably more accurate, and that assuming normality may give quite misleading results. Reprinted by permission of Blackwell Publishing JF - Econometrics journal AU - Ulrick, Shawn W AD - U.S. Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2008 PY - 2008 DA - 2008 SP - 478 EP - 498 VL - 11 IS - 3 SN - 1368-4221, 1368-4221 KW - Economics KW - Econometrics KW - Estimation KW - Earnings UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37159218?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Econometrics+journal&rft.atitle=Using+semi-parametric+methods+in+an+analysis+of+earnings+mobility&rft.au=Ulrick%2C+Shawn+W&rft.aulast=Ulrick&rft.aufirst=Shawn&rft.date=2008-01-01&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=478&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Econometrics+journal&rft.issn=13684221&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fj.1368-423X.2008.00248.x LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 3833 8235; 4403 7854; 3865 4025 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1368-423X.2008.00248.x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Alcohol and rape: an 'economics-of-crime' perspective AN - 36793836; 3488969 JF - International review of law and economics AU - Zimmerman, Paul R AU - Benson, Bruce L AD - US Federal Trade Commission ; Florida State University Y1 - 2007/12// PY - 2007 DA - Dec 2007 SP - 442 EP - 473 VL - 27 IS - 4 SN - 0144-8188, 0144-8188 KW - Economics KW - Beer KW - Rape KW - Alcohol KW - Time series KW - Criminology KW - Policy analysis KW - Violence KW - Sociology of law KW - Wine UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36793836?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+review+of+law+and+economics&rft.atitle=Alcohol+and+rape%3A+an+%27economics-of-crime%27+perspective&rft.au=Zimmerman%2C+Paul+R%3BBenson%2C+Bruce+L&rft.aulast=Zimmerman&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft.date=2007-12-01&rft.volume=27&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=442&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+review+of+law+and+economics&rft.issn=01448188&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.irle.2007.09.002 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 12016 7253; 909; 10608; 3037 3015 11881; 9617 971; 12759 12228 10919; 13325; 13572 912 1564 5114; 1531 912 1564 5114 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2007.09.002 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of Education on Voter Turnout AN - 59817234; 200813359 AB - Numerous studies demonstrate that the highly educated are more likely to vote. The literature has not determined, however, why this is the case. The panel structure of the Current Population Survey allows us to exploit exogenous life cycle differences across otherwise similar cohorts, so that the marginal effect of education can be isolated from unobserved correlated factors. We find that an additional year of schooling has very little impact on voter turnout. Adapted from the source document. JF - Political Analysis AU - Tenn, Steven AD - Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20580 stenn@ftc.gov Y1 - 2007/10// PY - 2007 DA - October 2007 SP - 446 EP - 464 PB - Oxford University Press, Cary NC VL - 15 IS - 4 SN - 1047-1987, 1047-1987 KW - Causality KW - Voting Behavior KW - Educational Attainment KW - article KW - 9121: political behavior; political behavior UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/59817234?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Political+Analysis&rft.atitle=The+Effect+of+Education+on+Voter+Turnout&rft.au=Tenn%2C+Steven&rft.aulast=Tenn&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft.date=2007-10-01&rft.volume=15&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=446&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Political+Analysis&rft.issn=10471987&rft_id=info:doi/10.1093%2Fpan%2Fmpm012 LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2008-05-02 N1 - Number of references - 24 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Educational Attainment; Voting Behavior; Causality DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pan/mpm012 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Naked exclusion, efficient breach, and downstream competition AN - 36772502; 3477260 JF - American economic review AU - Simpson, John AU - Wickelgren, Abraham L AD - US Federal Trade Commission ; Northwestern University Y1 - 2007/09// PY - 2007 DA - Sep 2007 SP - 1305 EP - 1320 VL - 97 IS - 4 SN - 0002-8282, 0002-8282 KW - Economics KW - Firm theory KW - Contracts KW - Microeconomics KW - Market efficiency KW - Deterrence KW - Business economics KW - Expectation UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36772502?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+economic+review&rft.atitle=Naked+exclusion%2C+efficient+breach%2C+and+downstream+competition&rft.au=Simpson%2C+John%3BWickelgren%2C+Abraham+L&rft.aulast=Simpson&rft.aufirst=John&rft.date=2007-09-01&rft.volume=97&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=1305&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=American+economic+review&rft.issn=00028282&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 8010 4025; 4987 1880 10902 1841; 1852 1841 4025; 2841 2300 7253; 4614; 3469 8782 13504 13501 1304 7805 3198 1077; 7719 3923 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The economic effects of the Marathon-Ashland joint venture: the importance of industry supply shocks and vertical market structure AN - 36723762; 3455186 AB - This study measures the effects of the Marathon/Ashland Petroleum (MAP) joint venture on rack and retail reformulated (RFG) gasoline prices in the four cities where both firms sold RFG before the joint venture. MAP was an early transaction in the recent era of petroleum mergers and resulted in large regional increases in concentration. While wholesale (rack) prices increased in the two cities experiencing the largest change in market structure in the year following the transaction, retail prices did not increase. Our results also highlight the importance of identifying the marginal source of supply in correctly identifying merger effects. Reprinted by permission of Blackwell Publishers JF - Journal of industrial economics AU - Taylor, Christopher T AU - Hosken, Daniel S AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC Y1 - 2007/09// PY - 2007 DA - Sep 2007 SP - 419 EP - 452 VL - LV IS - 3 SN - 0022-1821, 0022-1821 KW - Economics KW - Marathon-Ashland Petroleum KW - Industrial economics KW - Oil extraction KW - Petroleum KW - Business networks KW - Energy industry KW - Mergers KW - Joint ventures KW - U.S.A. KW - Oil industry UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36723762?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+industrial+economics&rft.atitle=The+economic+effects+of+the+Marathon-Ashland+joint+venture%3A+the+importance+of+industry+supply+shocks+and+vertical+market+structure&rft.au=Taylor%2C+Christopher+T%3BHosken%2C+Daniel+S&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.date=2007-09-01&rft.volume=LV&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=419&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+industrial+economics&rft.issn=00221821&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 6360 4025; 4257 6431; 8893 6431; 9451; 8891 10958 4642; 1864 8634; 6995 4300; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 433 293 14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Recent developments in US wireline telecommunications. AN - 57699118; 00504963 AB - This article presents a selective survey of several recent developments in the US market for wireline telecommunications services spanning the 2003-2005 period. Specifically, the article discusses the recent decline in overall telephone penetration rates, the substitution between wireline and wireless telephony, intermodal competition issues raised in the context of the FCCs review of the Cingular/AT&T Wireless merger, and the potentially anticompetitive effects of incumbent local exchange carrier tying of voice and DSL service. The article identifies several areas for future research motivated by each one of these developments. (Author abstract) JF - Telecommunications Policy AU - Zimmerman, Paul R AD - Bureau of Economics, Antitrust I, US Federal Trade Commission, 601 New Jersey Avenue NW, Rm. 8103, Washington, DC 20580, USA pzimmerman@ftc.gov Y1 - 2007/07/08/ PY - 2007 DA - 2007 Jul 08 SP - 419 EP - 437 PB - Elsevier Ltd (NL) VL - 31 IS - 6-7 SN - 0308-5961, 0308-5961 KW - Telephones KW - USA KW - Competition KW - 14.18: TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING TECHNOLOGY UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/57699118?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Alisa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Telecommunications+Policy&rft.atitle=Recent+developments+in+US+wireline+telecommunications.&rft.au=Zimmerman%2C+Paul+R&rft.aulast=Zimmerman&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft.date=2007-07-08&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=6-7&rft.spage=419&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Telecommunications+Policy&rft.issn=03085961&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.telpol.2007.04.002 LA - English DB - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Telephones; Competition; USA DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2007.04.002 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Bridges: Proximities and Detachments between Sociological Contributions from Georg Simmel, Pierre Bourdieu and Norbert Elias TT - Pontes: proximidades e distanciamentos entre as propostas de sociologia de Georg Simmel, Pierre Bourdieu e Norbert Elias AN - 61791322; 200926745 AB - To follow the route of the construction of sociological ideas requires the difficult work to perceive the proximities and, fundamentally, the detachments, sometimes discrete, between categories that concern to one similar theoretical and methodological lineage. These proximities maybe erase the significant points of demarcation between singular conceptions, & decisive concepts are utilized without the required rigor. In an effort to map & discuss relationships of proximity/detachment between notions that gives the appearance of similarity, the objective of this work is to take principally the notions of form, field and configuration how a pretext to a comprehension of the specificities in the theories of Georg Simmel, Pierre Bourdieu & Norbert Elias. The guideline for this discussion is the sociology built by Simmel for his antiquity & marginality in a history of sociology. The theories of Bourdieu & Elias are here understood how two possible ways annunciated since Simmel. To establish the mediation between the authors will be utilized considerations by Ernst Cassirer, thinker that influenced the works of Bourdieu & Elias. Adapted from the source document. JF - Teoria & pesquisa: Revista de Ciencias Sociais AU - Nery, Salete AD - FTC, U Salvador Y1 - 2007/07// PY - 2007 DA - July 2007 SP - 147 EP - 163 PB - Departamento de Ciencias Sociais-CECH, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos Brazil VL - 16 IS - 2 SN - 0104-0103, 0104-0103 KW - social theory, social forms, social field, configuration KW - History of Sociology KW - Antiquity KW - Simmel, Georg KW - Bourdieu, Pierre KW - Sociological Theory KW - Marginality KW - article KW - 0207: sociology: history and theory; theories, ideas, & systems UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/61791322?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Teoria+%26+pesquisa%3A+Revista+de+Ciencias+Sociais&rft.atitle=Bridges%3A+Proximities+and+Detachments+between+Sociological+Contributions+from+Georg+Simmel%2C+Pierre+Bourdieu+and+Norbert+Elias&rft.au=Nery%2C+Salete&rft.aulast=Nery&rft.aufirst=Salete&rft.date=2007-07-01&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=147&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Teoria+%26+pesquisa%3A+Revista+de+Ciencias+Sociais&rft.issn=01040103&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - Portuguese DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2009-07-09 N1 - Number of references - 22 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bourdieu, Pierre; Simmel, Georg; History of Sociology; Antiquity; Marginality; Sociological Theory ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Keynote address: a different perspective on DRM AN - 36970258; 3773052 JF - Berkeley technology law journal AU - Rosch, J Thomas AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2007/07// PY - 2007 DA - Jul 2007 SP - 971 EP - 980 VL - 22 IS - 3 SN - 0885-2715, 0885-2715 KW - Political Science KW - Digital rights management KW - Commercial law KW - Digital technology KW - Civil law KW - High technology KW - Science and technology KW - Intellectual property rights UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36970258?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Berkeley+technology+law+journal&rft.atitle=Keynote+address%3A+a+different+perspective+on+DRM&rft.au=Rosch%2C+J+Thomas&rft.aulast=Rosch&rft.aufirst=J&rft.date=2007-07-01&rft.volume=22&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=971&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Berkeley+technology+law+journal&rft.issn=08852715&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 11326 11325 12622; 2534 7253; 2300 7253; 6605 10341 11032 9705 6604 10339; 5844 12622; 3557 12622 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Symposium: copyright, digital rights management technology, and consumer protection AN - 36968471; 3773455 JF - Berkeley technology law journal AU - Rosch, J Thomas AU - Reichman, Jerome H AU - Dinwoodie, Graeme B AU - Samuelson, Pamela AU - Helberger, Natali AU - Hugenholtz, P Bernt AU - Liu, Joseph P AU - Elkin-Koren, Niva AU - Mulligan, Deirdre K AU - Perzanowski, Aaron K AD - Federal Trade Commission ; Duke University ; Chicago-Kent College of Law ; University of California ; Institute for Information Law ; University of Amsterdam ; Boston College ; University of Haifa Y1 - 2007/07// PY - 2007 DA - Jul 2007 SP - 972 EP - 1232 VL - 22 IS - 3 SN - 0885-2715, 0885-2715 KW - Political Science KW - Economics KW - Digital rights management KW - Sony KW - BMG KW - Commercial law KW - Media KW - Public interest KW - European law KW - Europe KW - U.S.A. KW - Consumer protection KW - Intellectual property rights KW - Consumer behaviour KW - Digital technology KW - Music industry KW - Civil law KW - High technology KW - Copyright KW - Science and technology KW - Leisure industry UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36968471?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Berkeley+technology+law+journal&rft.atitle=Symposium%3A+copyright%2C+digital+rights+management+technology%2C+and+consumer+protection&rft.au=Rosch%2C+J+Thomas%3BReichman%2C+Jerome+H%3BDinwoodie%2C+Graeme+B%3BSamuelson%2C+Pamela%3BHelberger%2C+Natali%3BHugenholtz%2C+P+Bernt%3BLiu%2C+Joseph+P%3BElkin-Koren%2C+Niva%3BMulligan%2C+Deirdre+K%3BPerzanowski%2C+Aaron+K&rft.aulast=Rosch&rft.aufirst=J&rft.date=2007-07-01&rft.volume=22&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=972&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Berkeley+technology+law+journal&rft.issn=08852715&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - SuppNotes - Collection of 6 articles N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 11326 11325 12622; 2534 7253; 2300 7253; 6605 10341 11032 9705 6604 10339; 5844 12622; 3557 12622; 2878 2300 7253; 10454; 4536 7253 4529 4534 10721 6737 4539 10727 9030; 2777 2803 3874 556 3889 6071 1542 11325; 7862 2572; 2798 2534 7253; 8417 6431; 7340 6431; 129; 433 293 14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Flowering, nectar production and visiting bees of Eriope blanchetii (Lamiaceae), in sand dunes, northeastern Brazil TT - Floracao, producao de nectar e abelhas visitantes de Eriope blanchetii (Lamiaceae) em dunas costeiras, Nordeste do Brasil AN - 19692765; 7478406 AB - Observations on nectar production, flowering and visiting bees were conducted from October 1999 to October 2000 in a wild population of Eriope blanchetii (Benth) Harley (Lamiaceae) located at Abaete sand dunes (12 degree 56'S, 38 degree 21'W), in Salvador, Bahia. Fifteen bee species were collected with those varying from medium to large-sized being predominant. The effective pollinators were Xylocopa cearensis Ducke, 1910 and Colletes petropolitanus Dalla Torre, 1896, considering their body size, behaviour and frequency on flowers. Flowering is continuous in E. blanchetii and the degree of synchrony, duration and intensity of flowering in individual plants enforces the interplant movement and gene flow provided by pollinators with different energetic demands and generalist behavior. The pollen deposition is ventral at the same site where anthers and stigma touch bee body, but only C. petropolitanus carried pure E. blanchetii pollen loads. Pollen grain removal generally occurs during male phase and pollen deposition on receptive stigmas during female phase. Nectar was sampled from May to October 2000. Its concentration was 22% (n=10 flowers) and total amount produced ranged from 0.01 to 0.98 mu l. The highest amount of nectar was found during male phase (U=2972.5; P0.05) nor in relation to flower position on the inflorescence (ANOVA=4.478; P>0.05). Daily pattern of flowering, nectar production and accessibility are important attractants for potential pollinators. JF - Iheringia, Serie Zoologia AU - da Silva, FO AU - Viana, B F AU - Pigozzo, C M AD - Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciencias (FTC), Av. Luis Viana Filho, 8812, Paralela, 41820-785 Salvador, BA, Brasil, fabia714@gmail.com Y1 - 2007/03/30/ PY - 2007 DA - 2007 Mar 30 SP - 87 EP - 95 VL - 97 IS - 1 SN - 0073-4721, 0073-4721 KW - Ecology Abstracts; Entomology Abstracts KW - Flowering KW - Flowers KW - Xylocopa KW - Pollinators KW - Lamiaceae KW - Dunes KW - Nectar KW - Stigma KW - Pollen KW - Z 05340:Ecology and Behavior KW - D 04040:Ecosystem and Ecology Studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/19692765?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Iheringia%2C+Serie+Zoologia&rft.atitle=Flowering%2C+nectar+production+and+visiting+bees+of+Eriope+blanchetii+%28Lamiaceae%29%2C+in+sand+dunes%2C+northeastern+Brazil&rft.au=da+Silva%2C+FO%3BViana%2C+B+F%3BPigozzo%2C+C+M&rft.aulast=da+Silva&rft.aufirst=FO&rft.date=2007-03-30&rft.volume=97&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=87&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Iheringia%2C+Serie+Zoologia&rft.issn=00734721&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - Portuguese DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2007-07-01 N1 - Last updated - 2015-04-01 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Flowering; Flowers; Pollinators; Dunes; Nectar; Stigma; Pollen; Xylocopa; Lamiaceae ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Estimating the gasoline components and formulations toxicity to microalgae (Tetraselmis chuii) and oyster (Crassostrea rhizophorae) embryos: An approach to minimize environmental pollution risk AN - 19293122; 7291009 AB - Even though petrochemical contamination frequently occurs in the form of oil spills, it is thought that a greater danger to coastal habitats is posed by chronic petrochemical toxicity associated with urban run-off, in which gasoline water-soluble-fraction (WSF) plays an important role. The hypothesis of the entrepreneurs, who were associated to the scientists uncharged of this research, was that recycled petrochemical waste may provide different gasoline formulations, having different toxic properties; the correlation between the gasoline formulations and their components' toxicological effects might contribute to the reformulation of the products, in such a way that the gasoline generated could be less toxic and less harmful to the environment. The aim of this research was to determine the toxic effects of 14 different types of gasoline (formulated, in accordance with National Petroleum Agency standards, from petrochemical waste), on Tetraselmis chuii (microalgae culture) and Crassostrea rhizophorae (embryos). Microalgae and oyster embryos were exposed to different gasoline formulations water-soluble fractions (WSF) at a range of concentrations (0%, 4.6%, 10.0%, 22.0%, 46.0%, and 100%), for 96 and 24h, respectively. The tests were carried out under controlled conditions. End-points have been CI50-96h (concentration causing 50% growth inhibition in microalgae cultures) and EC50-24h (concentration causing abnormalities on 50% of the exposed embryos). Through these procedures, gasoline formulations, which represent the lowest environmental risk, were selected. Bioassays carried out on the 8 different gasoline components aimed to correlate gasoline toxicity with the toxic potential of its components. The analysis of principal components showed that the C9DI, a mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons of 9 carbon atoms, had the highest level of toxic potential, followed by C9S (a mixture of aromatics with 9-11 carbon atoms) and heavy naphtha. The results showed gasoline formulations 1-4 (monoaromatic hydrocarbons being the most conspicuous components) to be the least toxic, whilst formulations 12-14 (having higher content of C9DI, C9S and naphtha) were found to be the most harmful to organisms. This study led to the identification of the most toxic WSF gasoline components (C9DI and C9S), and to the possibility of developing more eco-compatible gasoline formulations. JF - Environmental Research AU - Paixao, J F AU - Nascimento, IA AU - Pereira, SA AU - Leite, MBL AU - Carvalho, G C AU - Silveira, JSC AU - Reboucas, M AU - Matias, GRA AU - Rodrigues, ILP AD - Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, iracema@ftc.br Y1 - 2007/03// PY - 2007 DA - March 2007 SP - 365 EP - 374 PB - Elsevier Science B.V., P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE Netherlands, [mailto:nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl] VL - 103 IS - 3 SN - 0013-9351, 0013-9351 KW - Microbiology Abstracts C: Algology, Mycology & Protozoology; Aqualine Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Pollution Abstracts KW - Contamination KW - Gasoline KW - Toxicity tests KW - Petroleum KW - Aromatic hydrocarbons KW - Embryos KW - Oil spills KW - Algae KW - Wastes KW - Habitat KW - Bioassays KW - Oysters KW - Water Pollution Effects KW - Crassostrea rhizophorae KW - Controlled conditions KW - Marine molluscs KW - aromatic hydrocarbons KW - Aromatics KW - Petrochemicals KW - Pollution effects KW - Tetraselmis chuii KW - Embryonic Growth Stage KW - oysters KW - Carbon KW - Risk factors KW - Oil pollution KW - Pollution KW - Marine KW - Hydrocarbons KW - Toxicity KW - Risk KW - Cultures KW - O 4020:Pollution - Organisms/Ecology/Toxicology KW - Q5 08504:Effects on organisms KW - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution KW - SW 3030:Effects of pollution KW - X 24490:Other KW - K 03320:Cell Biology KW - P 6000:TOXICOLOGY AND HEALTH UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/19293122?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Research&rft.atitle=Estimating+the+gasoline+components+and+formulations+toxicity+to+microalgae+%28Tetraselmis+chuii%29+and+oyster+%28Crassostrea+rhizophorae%29+embryos%3A+An+approach+to+minimize+environmental+pollution+risk&rft.au=Paixao%2C+J+F%3BNascimento%2C+IA%3BPereira%2C+SA%3BLeite%2C+MBL%3BCarvalho%2C+G+C%3BSilveira%2C+JSC%3BReboucas%2C+M%3BMatias%2C+GRA%3BRodrigues%2C+ILP&rft.aulast=Paixao&rft.aufirst=J&rft.date=2007-03-01&rft.volume=103&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=365&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Research&rft.issn=00139351&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.envres.2006.06.015 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-05-27 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bioassays; Petroleum; Pollution effects; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Marine molluscs; Oil pollution; Toxicity tests; Oil spills; Algae; Contamination; Gasoline; Hydrocarbons; Wastes; Toxicity; Habitat; Carbon; Risk factors; Controlled conditions; Embryos; Aromatics; Pollution; oysters; Petrochemicals; aromatic hydrocarbons; Risk; Oysters; Water Pollution Effects; Cultures; Embryonic Growth Stage; Crassostrea rhizophorae; Tetraselmis chuii; Marine DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2006.06.015 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Asymmetric effects of marital separation on health insurance among men and women AN - 36673822; 3429223 AB - Despite widespread interest among policy researchers in the effect of job displacement on insurance loss, there is little focus in the literature on the insurance implications of a married person losing his or her spouse. Using a large household survey, this article finds that despite legislation aimed at protecting separating spouses, individuals remain at risk of losing health insurance in the event of marital disruption. This is especially true for wives who are enrolled in their husbands' plans prior to marital termination. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press JF - Contemporary economic policy AU - Zimmer, David M AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2007/01// PY - 2007 DA - Jan 2007 SP - 92 EP - 106 VL - 25 IS - 1 SN - 1074-3529, 1074-3529 KW - Economics KW - Social economics KW - Divorce KW - Health economics KW - Health insurance KW - Life insurance KW - U.S.A. KW - Economic impact analysis UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36673822?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Contemporary+economic+policy&rft.atitle=Asymmetric+effects+of+marital+separation+on+health+insurance+among+men+and+women&rft.au=Zimmer%2C+David+M&rft.aulast=Zimmer&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=2007-01-01&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=92&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Contemporary+economic+policy&rft.issn=10743529&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fj.1465-7287.2006.00032.x LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 5778 4025; 3666; 7399 6592 4957; 5784 6592 4957 11923 11949 13521; 3942 3883 971; 11827 4025; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2006.00032.x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economics at the FTC: data intensive mergers and policy R&D AN - 36663531; 3426955 AB - 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 a range of activities focusing on data-intensive antitrust cases in the hospital and consumer products industries. We also discuss our most recent work on gasoline pricing. Policy-focused research and competition advocacy takes center stage as we discuss some health care advocacy work in the administration of pharmaceutical insurance benefits and efforts to understand the real estate business more completely. Finally, we describe our efforts to quantify the extent of 'identity theft'. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Salinger, Michael A AU - Anderson, Keith B AU - Garmon, Christopher J AU - Schmidt, David R AU - Yun, John M AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2006/12// PY - 2006 DA - Dec 2006 SP - 327 EP - 348 VL - 29 IS - 4 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Real estate KW - Research and development KW - Petroleum KW - Economic policy KW - Pharmaceuticals KW - Mergers KW - Consumer protection KW - Hospitals UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36663531?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Economics+at+the+FTC%3A+data+intensive+mergers+and+policy+R%26amp%3BD&rft.au=Salinger%2C+Michael+A%3BAnderson%2C+Keith+B%3BGarmon%2C+Christopher+J%3BSchmidt%2C+David+R%3BYun%2C+John+M&rft.aulast=Salinger&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.date=2006-12-01&rft.volume=29&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=327&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-006-9121-9 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 7969 2527 3896 3921; 10904 10902; 3977 5574 10472; 2798 2534 7253; 6013 6590; 9451; 9474; 10630 10339 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-006-9121-9 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Explaining the growth of part-time employment: factors of supply and demand AN - 36568240; 3377621 AB - Using the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1991-2001, the authors investigate the incidence of part-time employment in the country with the highest part-time employment in the country with the highest part-time employment rate of the OECD countries. Women fulfil most part-time jobs, but a considerable fraction of men works part-time as well. Evidence from descriptive statistics and a macroeconometric model at the sectoral level of industry suggests that the growth of part-time employment in the 1990s relates strongly to the growth in female labour force participation. Factors of labour demand, such as the shift from manufacturing to services and the increase in the demand for flexible labour, turn out to play a significant role as well. Reprinted by permission of Blackwell Publishers JF - Labour [Italy] AU - Euwals, Rob AU - Hogerbrugge, Maurice AD - Netherlands Bureau of Economics Policy Analysis Y1 - 2006/09// PY - 2006 DA - Sep 2006 SP - 533 EP - 558 VL - 20 IS - 3 SN - 1121-7081, 1121-7081 KW - Economics KW - Labour economics KW - Labour market participation KW - Labour market flexibility KW - Labour demand KW - Empirical research KW - Netherlands KW - Labour supply KW - Part-time employment UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36568240?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Labour+%5BItaly%5D&rft.atitle=Explaining+the+growth+of+part-time+employment%3A+factors+of+supply+and+demand&rft.au=Euwals%2C+Rob%3BHogerbrugge%2C+Maurice&rft.aulast=Euwals&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft.date=2006-09-01&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=533&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Labour+%5BItaly%5D&rft.issn=11217081&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 7142 4025 7585; 9226 4214; 7180 12401; 7139 3371 3934; 7157; 4200 10902; 7156 7155 7711; 275 462 129 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Optimal team incentives with CES production AN - 37759670; 3288694 AB - This paper models an optimal incentive contract and a simple partnership with CES production functions. The results suggest that when employee inputs are complements, firm-wide incentives such as profit sharing and partnerships are quite valuable, even in large firms. All rights reserved, Elsevier JF - Economics letters AU - Adams, C P AD - Federal Trade Commission, USA Y1 - 2006/07// PY - 2006 DA - Jul 2006 SP - 143 EP - 148 VL - 92 IS - 1 SN - 0165-1765, 0165-1765 KW - Economics KW - Group dynamics KW - Financial incentives KW - Free riding KW - Profit sharing UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37759670?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Economics+letters&rft.atitle=Optimal+team+incentives+with+CES+production&rft.au=Adams%2C+C+P&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=C&rft.date=2006-07-01&rft.volume=92&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=143&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Economics+letters&rft.issn=01651765&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.econlet.2006.01.027 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 10314 10304; 5273 3889 6071 1542 11325; 4926 3944 3889 6071 1542 11325; 5648 5636 5676 971 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2006.01.027 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Empirical methods in merger analysis: econometric analysis of pricing in FTC v. Staples AN - 36556973; 3360161 AB - In 1997, the US Federal Trade Commission challenged the proposed merger of two office supply superstores, Staples and Office Depot in US District Court. Both the government and merging parties presented econometric studies examining the merger's likely impact on consumer pricing, predicting a price increase of 8.6% and 0.9% respectively. This article uses the extensive public record to provide a detailed discussion of the econometric models used in the case and to show how differences between the models led to the discrepancy between these estimates. Reprinted by permission of Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Ltd. JF - International journal of the economics of business AU - Ashenfelter, Orley AU - Ashmore, David AU - Baker, Jonathan B AU - Gleason, Suzanne AU - Hosken, Daniel S AD - Princeton University ; Ashenfelter & Ashmore ; American University ; Trinity College ; Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2006/07// PY - 2006 DA - Jul 2006 SP - 265 EP - 280 VL - 13 IS - 2 SN - 1357-1516, 1357-1516 KW - Economics KW - Staples KW - Office Depot KW - Price policy KW - Business studies KW - Case studies KW - Mergers KW - Economic concentration KW - Econometric models KW - U.S.A. KW - Litigation KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Economic impact analysis UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36556973?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+the+economics+of+business&rft.atitle=Empirical+methods+in+merger+analysis%3A+econometric+analysis+of+pricing+in+FTC+v.+Staples&rft.au=Ashenfelter%2C+Orley%3BAshmore%2C+David%3BBaker%2C+Jonathan+B%3BGleason%2C+Suzanne%3BHosken%2C+Daniel+S&rft.aulast=Ashenfelter&rft.aufirst=Orley&rft.date=2006-07-01&rft.volume=13&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=265&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+the+economics+of+business&rft.issn=13571516&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F13571510600784706 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1880 10902 1841; 3896 3921; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 3864 8163; 3942 3883 971; 1123 7321; 7468 7014 7019 7016 9965 7253; 2056 10902; 10094; 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13571510600784706 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Issues in empirical merger analysis AN - 36541295; 3360482 JF - International journal of the economics of business AU - Ford, George S AU - Beard, T Randolph AU - Davis, Douglas D AU - Wilson, Bart J AU - Pofahl, Geoffrey M AU - Capps, Jr., Oral AU - Love, H Alan AU - Saba, Richard P AU - Cichello, Michael AU - Lamdin, Douglas J AU - Jackson, John D AU - Kline, Audrey D AU - Skinner, Sarah J AU - Ashenfelter, Orley AU - Ashmore, David AU - Baker, Jonathan B AU - Gleason, Suzanne AU - Hosken, Daniel S AU - Mayo, John W AU - Schiffer, Mirjam AU - Noce, Mauro La AU - Bolasco, Sergio AU - Allegra, Elisabetta AU - Ruocco, Valerio AU - Capo, Federico M AD - Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies ; Virginia Commonwealth University ; George Mason University ; Texas A&M University ; Auburn University ; University of Maryland ; University of Louisville ; University of Louisianna ; Princeton University ; Ashenfelter & Ashmore ; American University ; Trinity College ; Federal Trade Commission ; Georgetown University ; Swiss Competition Commission ; Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Y1 - 2006/07// PY - 2006 DA - Jul 2006 SP - 165 EP - 334 VL - 13 IS - 2 SN - 1357-1516, 1357-1516 KW - Economics KW - AT� Cingular KW - Event studies KW - Staples KW - Office Depot KW - Telecommunications industry KW - Market theory KW - Competition law KW - Economic models KW - Acquisitions KW - Bootstrap mechanism KW - Demand analysis KW - Simulation KW - Significance tests KW - U.S.A. KW - Italy KW - Economic psychology KW - Business studies KW - Firm theory KW - Case studies KW - Nash equilibrium KW - Product differentiation KW - Mergers KW - Economic concentration KW - Litigation KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Price discrimination KW - Cross-national analysis UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36541295?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+the+economics+of+business&rft.atitle=Issues+in+empirical+merger+analysis&rft.au=Ford%2C+George+S%3BBeard%2C+T+Randolph%3BDavis%2C+Douglas+D%3BWilson%2C+Bart+J%3BPofahl%2C+Geoffrey+M%3BCapps%2C+Jr.%2C+Oral%3BLove%2C+H+Alan%3BSaba%2C+Richard+P%3BCichello%2C+Michael%3BLamdin%2C+Douglas+J%3BJackson%2C+John+D%3BKline%2C+Audrey+D%3BSkinner%2C+Sarah+J%3BAshenfelter%2C+Orley%3BAshmore%2C+David%3BBaker%2C+Jonathan+B%3BGleason%2C+Suzanne%3BHosken%2C+Daniel+S%3BMayo%2C+John+W%3BSchiffer%2C+Mirjam%3BNoce%2C+Mauro+La%3BBolasco%2C+Sergio%3BAllegra%2C+Elisabetta%3BRuocco%2C+Valerio%3BCapo%2C+Federico+M&rft.aulast=Ford&rft.aufirst=George&rft.date=2006-07-01&rft.volume=13&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=165&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+the+economics+of+business&rft.issn=13571516&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - SuppNotes - Collection of 9 articles N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 1880 10902 1841; 3896 3921; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 1123 7321; 11670; 3969 8163; 10234; 7737; 8473 4378; 10081 3612 3549 2688 2449 10404; 12642 6431; 3372 3883 971; 1708 11255 12228 10919; 11658 12224 971; 2056 10902; 7468 7014 7019 7016 9965 7253; 3985 10404; 4987 1880 10902 1841; 3060 971; 547 2527 3896 3921; 2651 7253; 433 293 14; 188 396 129 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Improving health care: a dose of competition. Executive summary AN - 36568110; 3372440 JF - Journal of health politics, policy and law Y1 - 2006/06// PY - 2006 DA - Jun 2006 SP - 437 EP - 472 VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 0361-6878, 0361-6878 KW - Political Science KW - Health care KW - Market KW - Health KW - Law KW - Health policy KW - Consumers KW - U.S.A. KW - Health services KW - Competition KW - Policy studies UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36568110?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+health+politics%2C+policy+and+law&rft.atitle=Improving+health+care%3A+a+dose+of+competition.+Executive+summary&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2006-06-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=437&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+health+politics%2C+policy+and+law&rft.issn=03616878&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 5775 13521; 7711; 2649; 2803 3874 556; 5788 11888 10472; 5792 10484; 7253; 5772; 9628; 433 293 14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Special issue: Federal Trade Commission report on health care and competition AN - 36566474; 3372782 JF - Journal of health politics, policy and law AU - Hyman, David A AU - Jacobson, Peter AU - Hammer, Peter J AU - Gaynor, Martin AU - Greaney, Thomas L AU - Sage, William M AU - Kalyan, Dev N AU - Lesser, Cara S AU - Ginsburg, Paul B AU - Casalino, Lawrence P AU - Havighurst, Clark C AU - Brewbaker, III, William S. AU - Colombo, John D AU - Glied, Sherry AU - Rosenbaum, Sara AU - Rosenthal, Meredith AU - Daniels, Norman AU - Jost, Timothy Stoltzfus AU - Dawson, Diane AU - Exter, André den AD - University of Illinois ; University of Michigan ; Wayne State University ; Carnegie Mellon University ; St. Louis University ; Columbia University ; Center for Studying Health System Change ; University of Chicago ; Duke University ; University of Alabama ; George Washington University ; Harvard School of Public Health ; Washington and Lee University ; University of York ; Radboud University Nijmegen Y1 - 2006/06// PY - 2006 DA - Jun 2006 SP - 417 EP - 706 VL - 31 IS - 3 SN - 0361-6878, 0361-6878 KW - Political Science KW - Quality of service KW - Government policy KW - Health KW - U.S.A. KW - Social policy KW - Health services KW - Access to health care KW - Policy studies KW - Health care KW - Competition policy KW - Market KW - Law KW - Health policy KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Competition KW - Hospitals UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/36566474?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+health+politics%2C+policy+and+law&rft.atitle=Special+issue%3A+Federal+Trade+Commission+report+on+health+care+and+competition&rft.au=Hyman%2C+David+A%3BJacobson%2C+Peter%3BHammer%2C+Peter+J%3BGaynor%2C+Martin%3BGreaney%2C+Thomas+L%3BSage%2C+William+M%3BKalyan%2C+Dev+N%3BLesser%2C+Cara+S%3BGinsburg%2C+Paul+B%3BCasalino%2C+Lawrence+P%3BHavighurst%2C+Clark+C%3BBrewbaker%2C+III%2C+William+S.%3BColombo%2C+John+D%3BGlied%2C+Sherry%3BRosenbaum%2C+Sara%3BRosenthal%2C+Meredith%3BDaniels%2C+Norman%3BJost%2C+Timothy+Stoltzfus%3BDawson%2C+Diane%3BExter%2C+Andr%C3%A9+den&rft.aulast=Hyman&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=2006-06-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=417&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+health+politics%2C+policy+and+law&rft.issn=03616878&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - SuppNotes - Collection of 16 articles N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 10526; 516 5775 13521; 6013 6590; 1123 7321; 7711; 2652 2536 2523 4577 3872 554 971 3977 5574 10472; 5574 10472; 11888 10472; 5775 13521; 2649; 5788 11888 10472; 5792 10484; 7253; 5772; 9628; 433 293 14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The loss leader is a turkey: targeted discounts from multi-product competitors AN - 37719886; 3259650 JF - International journal of industrial organization AU - DeGraba, P AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2006/05// PY - 2006 DA - May 2006 SP - 613 EP - 628 VL - 24 IS - 3 SN - 0167-7187, 0167-7187 KW - Economics KW - Loss KW - Pricing KW - Market theory KW - Market analysis KW - Imperfect competition KW - Price discrimination KW - Industrial organization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37719886?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=The+loss+leader+is+a+turkey%3A+targeted+discounts+from+multi-product+competitors&rft.au=DeGraba%2C+P&rft.aulast=DeGraba&rft.aufirst=P&rft.date=2006-05-01&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=613&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=01677187&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ijindorg.2005.08.013 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 6386 9003; 7737; 10081 3612 3549 2688 2449 10404; 10119; 7546; 6239 2649; 7715 3883 971 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.08.013 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A variance screen for collusion AN - 37717724; 3259641 JF - International journal of industrial organization AU - Abrantes-Metz, R M AU - Froeb, L M AU - Geweke, J AU - Taylor, C T AD - NERA Economic Consulting ; Vanderbilt University ; University of Iowa ; Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2006/05// PY - 2006 DA - May 2006 SP - 467 EP - 486 VL - 24 IS - 3 SN - 0167-7187, 0167-7187 KW - Economics KW - Louisville KW - U.S.A. KW - Empirical tests KW - Price policy KW - Collusion KW - Market analysis KW - Indicators KW - Kentucky KW - Economic concentration KW - Business economics KW - Oil industry KW - Industrial organization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37717724?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=A+variance+screen+for+collusion&rft.au=Abrantes-Metz%2C+R+M%3BFroeb%2C+L+M%3BGeweke%2C+J%3BTaylor%2C+C+T&rft.aulast=Abrantes-Metz&rft.aufirst=R&rft.date=2006-05-01&rft.volume=24&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=467&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=01677187&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ijindorg.2005.10.003 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 6386 9003; 1852 1841 4025; 3896 3921; 7715 3883 971; 2496; 10094; 6306; 8893 6431; 4202; 199 433 293 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.10.003 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Economics at the FTC: cases and research, with a focus on petroleum AN - 37754795; 3285343 AB - Economics at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) covers both the antitrust and consumer protection missions. In this year's essay, we focus mainly on the competition-side of the agency. Drawing on a wealth of recent research, we provide descriptive and analytical information about the petroleum industry. Mergers, as always, were a major preoccupation of the FTC, and we discuss a few oil industry mergers as well as one leading litigated case - Arch Coal's acquisition of Triton Coal. Finally, we review the empirical literature on the effects of vertical restraints, noting that the literature supporting and animus toward such restraints is surprisingly weak. Reprinted by permission of Springer JF - Review of industrial organization AU - Froeb, Luke M AU - Cooper, James C AU - Frankena, Mark W AU - Pautler, Paul A AU - Silvia, Louis AD - Vanderbilt University ; Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2005/11// PY - 2005 DA - Nov 2005 SP - 223 EP - 252 VL - 27 IS - 3 SN - 0889-938X, 0889-938X KW - Economics KW - Competition law KW - Petroleum KW - Organization theory KW - Mergers KW - Empirical research KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Oil industry KW - Consumer protection UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37754795?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Economics+at+the+FTC%3A+cases+and+research%2C+with+a+focus+on+petroleum&rft.au=Froeb%2C+Luke+M%3BCooper%2C+James+C%3BFrankena%2C+Mark+W%3BPautler%2C+Paul+A%3BSilvia%2C+Louis&rft.aulast=Froeb&rft.aufirst=Luke&rft.date=2005-11-01&rft.volume=27&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=223&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Review+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=0889938X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007%2Fs11151-005-3493-0 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 7969 2527 3896 3921; 9451; 2798 2534 7253; 2651 7253; 8893 6431; 4200 10902; 1123 7321; 9012 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-005-3493-0 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Lysosomal responses as a diagnostic tool for the detection of chronic petroleum pollution at Todos os Santos Bay, Brazil AN - 17463997; 6633888 AB - Coastal marine environments, especially semienclosed systems such as bays, are under unrelenting stress caused by urban and industrial development. Biomonitoring plays a vital role in strategies to identify, assess, and control stressors. However, due to the magnitude of the challenge there is a demand for new and innovative approaches to provide timely and accessible information to environmental managers and policy makers. The present work aimed to assess hydrocarbon levels in sediments from petroleum-related industrial areas at Todos os Santos Bay (Brazil) and associate them to toxicity-induced responses (neutral red retention (NRR) assay) by the burrowing clam Anomalocardia brasiliana. Surface sediments collected during the dry and rainy seasons were analyzed for aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. At the control site, hydrocarbon levels were low and mainly biogenic. The aliphatic hydrocarbon (''total unresolved complex mixture,'' alkanes, and isoprenoids) concentrations indicated a chronic situation with very little ''fresh'' oil contamination at the oil-related sites. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons indicated sites moderately contaminated by chronic oil and some pyrolytic input. The effects of those contaminants were assessed by the lysosomal NRR assay applied to A. brasiliana hemocytes. Sediment toxicity at the oil-related sites was evidenced by the lowered capacity of the lysosomes to retain the neutral red dye compared to results from the control site. This research indicates that the NRR assay is a useful and efficient screening technique able to discriminate polluted from clean sites. JF - Environmental Research AU - Martins, LKP AU - Nascimento, IA AU - Fillmann, G AU - King, R AU - Evangelista, AJA AU - Readman, J W AU - Depledge, M H AD - IBIO-UFBA, Campus Universitario de Ondina, 40170-290 Salvador, BA, Brazil, iracema@ftc.br Y1 - 2005/11// PY - 2005 DA - Nov 2005 SP - 387 EP - 396 PB - Elsevier Inc. VL - 99 IS - 3 SN - 0013-9351, 0013-9351 KW - Carib pointed venus KW - Aqualine Abstracts; Pollution Abstracts; Toxicology Abstracts; Water Resources Abstracts; Oceanic Abstracts; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality KW - Marine Environment KW - Aliphatic Hydrocarbons KW - Oil KW - Rainy season KW - Marine environment KW - Petroleum KW - Assay KW - Sediment Contamination KW - Aromatic hydrocarbons KW - Oil spills KW - Bays KW - Bioindicators KW - Alkanes KW - Brackish KW - Stress KW - Anomalocardia brasiliana KW - Brazil KW - Water Pollution Effects KW - Lysosomes KW - Terpenes KW - Hemocytes KW - ASW, Brazil KW - Oil pollution KW - Industrial areas KW - Oil Pollution KW - Pollution KW - Sediment pollution KW - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons KW - Pollution detection KW - Hydrocarbons KW - Toxicity KW - Marine pollution KW - Capacity KW - ASW, Brazil, Bahia, Todos os Santos Bay KW - Brazil, Bahia, Todos os Santos Bay KW - Q5 08503:Characteristics, behavior and fate KW - X 24190:Polycyclic hydrocarbons KW - X 24156:Environmental impact KW - P 1000:MARINE POLLUTION KW - AQ 00008:Effects of Pollution KW - SW 3030:Effects of pollution KW - O 4060:Pollution - Environment UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/17463997?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aaqualine&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Environmental+Research&rft.atitle=Lysosomal+responses+as+a+diagnostic+tool+for+the+detection+of+chronic+petroleum+pollution+at+Todos+os+Santos+Bay%2C+Brazil&rft.au=Martins%2C+LKP%3BNascimento%2C+IA%3BFillmann%2C+G%3BKing%2C+R%3BEvangelista%2C+AJA%3BReadman%2C+J+W%3BDepledge%2C+M+H&rft.aulast=Martins&rft.aufirst=LKP&rft.date=2005-11-01&rft.volume=99&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=387&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Environmental+Research&rft.issn=00139351&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.envres.2005.01.001 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2006-07-01 N1 - Last updated - 2014-05-07 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Sediment pollution; Rainy season; Pollution detection; Petroleum; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Oil pollution; Toxicity; Lysosomes; Oil spills; Alkanes; Terpenes; Oil; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Marine environment; Hydrocarbons; Hemocytes; Stress; Pollution; Bioindicators; Marine pollution; Industrial areas; Bays; Marine Environment; Water Pollution Effects; Assay; Sediment Contamination; Capacity; Oil Pollution; Aliphatic Hydrocarbons; Anomalocardia brasiliana; Brazil; ASW, Brazil; ASW, Brazil, Bahia, Todos os Santos Bay; Brazil, Bahia, Todos os Santos Bay; Brackish DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2005.01.001 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Bargaining, bundling, and clout: the portfolio effects of horizontal mergers AN - 38222855; 2995072 AB - We examine the output and profit effects of horizontal mergers between differentiated upstream firms in an intermediate-goods market served by a downstream monopolist. If the merged firm can bundle, transfer pricing is efficient before and after the merger. Absent cost efficiencies, consumer and total welfare do not change. If the merged firm cannot bundle and its bargaining power is sufficiently high, transfer pricing is inefficient after the merger. Absent cost efficiencies, welfare typically falls. We evaluate the profit effects of mergers for the case of two-part tariff contracts. Rival firms gain (lose) from mergers that raise (lower) downstream prices. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a merger that harms the retailer may increase welfare. Reprinted by permission of RAND Journal of Economics JF - RAND journal of economics AU - O'Brien, Daniel P AU - Shaffer, Greg AD - Federal Trade Commission ; University of Rochester Y1 - 2005/10// PY - 2005 DA - Oct 2005 SP - 573 EP - 595 VL - 36 IS - 3 SN - 0741-6261, 0741-6261 KW - Economics KW - Price policy KW - Market theory KW - Contracts KW - Profitability KW - Economic models KW - Monopolies KW - Output rate KW - Mergers KW - Bargaining KW - Economic concentration KW - Welfare UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/38222855?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=RAND+journal+of+economics&rft.atitle=Bargaining%2C+bundling%2C+and+clout%3A+the+portfolio+effects+of+horizontal+mergers&rft.au=O%27Brien%2C+Daniel+P%3BShaffer%2C+Greg&rft.aulast=O%27Brien&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft.date=2005-10-01&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=573&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=RAND+journal+of+economics&rft.issn=07416261&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 7737; 3896 3921; 1483 2703 2698; 7969 2527 3896 3921; 8254 7736 4014; 9060 10280; 10316; 10094; 13521; 2841 2300 7253; 3969 8163 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A nonparametric analysis of the black/white wage gap AN - 37753635; 3279489 AB - This article estimates a nonparametric model of earnings to examine the black/white wage gap. This article extends the Oaxaca decomposition and adjusted wage ratios to a nonlinear form, to allow the use of this nonparametric approach. It finds that the results obtained non-parametrically are very similar to those obtained with variants of the (misspecified) Mincer model, suggesting that the parametric models may be appropriate in situations where the nonparametric estimator could not be applied. Reprinted by permission of Routledge, Taylor and Francis Ltd. JF - Applied economics letters AU - Ulrick, S W AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2005/10// PY - 2005 DA - Oct 2005 SP - 811 EP - 815 VL - 12 IS - 13 SN - 1350-4851, 1350-4851 KW - Economics KW - Wage differentials KW - Non-linear models KW - Applied economics KW - Estimation KW - Mathematical methods UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/37753635?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Applied+economics+letters&rft.atitle=A+nonparametric+analysis+of+the+black%2Fwhite+wage+gap&rft.au=Ulrick%2C+S+W&rft.aulast=Ulrick&rft.aufirst=S&rft.date=2005-10-01&rft.volume=12&rft.issue=13&rft.spage=811&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Applied+economics+letters&rft.issn=13504851&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F13504850500193166 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 13395; 7821 10919; 8712 8163; 4403 7854; 1160 4025 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504850500193166 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Vertical antitrust policy as a problem of inference AN - 38189253; 2979994 JF - International journal of industrial organization AU - Cooper, J C AU - Froeb, L M AU - O'Brien, D AU - Vita, M G AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2005/09// PY - 2005 DA - Sep 2005 SP - 639 EP - 664 VL - 23 IS - 7-8 SN - 0167-7187, 0167-7187 KW - Economics KW - Loss KW - Game theory KW - Industrial policy KW - Legal aspects KW - Economic analysis KW - Welfare KW - Anti-trust legislation KW - Industrial organization UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/38189253?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.atitle=Vertical+antitrust+policy+as+a+problem+of+inference&rft.au=Cooper%2C+J+C%3BFroeb%2C+L+M%3BO%27Brien%2C+D%3BVita%2C+M+G&rft.aulast=Cooper&rft.aufirst=J&rft.date=2005-09-01&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=7-8&rft.spage=639&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+journal+of+industrial+organization&rft.issn=01677187&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.ijindorg.2005.04.003 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 6386 9003; 6391 2536 2523 4577 3872 554 971 3977 5574 10472; 7299; 1123 7321; 7546; 13521; 5403 8010 4025; 3883 971 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.04.003 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Selection of cryoprotectants based on their toxic effects on oyster gametes and embryos. AN - 68452872; 15963487 AB - Cryopreservation is a valuable tool for aquaculture by providing continuous seed production, regardless of the spawning seasons. This study aimed to select the least toxic among the cryoprotectants dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO), propylene glycol (PG), and methanol (MET) based on their toxicological effects on Crassostrea rhizophorae gametes and trochophores. They were exposed for 10, 20, and 30 min to a range of concentrations of those cryoprotectants. The endpoint was EC15-24 h (effective concentration which causes abnormalities in 15% of the population exposed to the cryoprotectants for 24 h), recently determined as the chronic value (the concentration at which chronic effects are first observed) for C. rhizophorae embryonic phases. There were no significant differences (p>0.05) among the exposure times in Me2SO toxic effects to either gametes or trochophores. For MET, the increase in exposure time resulted in higher toxicity for gametes, but not for trochophores, while for PG there was a significant (p>0.05) increase in toxicity with the increase of exposure for trochophores and spermatozoa, but not for oocytes. For gametes, MET was the most toxic among the cryoprotectants, while PG was the most toxic for trochophores. JF - Cryobiology AU - Nascimento, Iracema A AU - Leite, Maria Bernadete N L AU - Sampaio de Araújo, Milena Maria AU - Sansone, Giovanni AU - Pereira, Solange A AU - do Espírito Santo, E Maristela AD - Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, CEP 40170-290. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. iracema@ftc.br Y1 - 2005/08// PY - 2005 DA - August 2005 SP - 113 EP - 117 VL - 51 IS - 1 SN - 0011-2240, 0011-2240 KW - Cryoprotective Agents KW - 0 KW - Propylene Glycol KW - 6DC9Q167V3 KW - Methanol KW - Y4S76JWI15 KW - Dimethyl Sulfoxide KW - YOW8V9698H KW - Index Medicus KW - Animals KW - Oocytes -- metabolism KW - Spermatozoa -- metabolism KW - Embryo, Nonmammalian -- pathology KW - Propylene Glycol -- chemistry KW - Time Factors KW - Methanol -- chemistry KW - Male KW - Dimethyl Sulfoxide -- chemistry KW - Cryopreservation -- instrumentation KW - Cryoprotective Agents -- pharmacology KW - Cryopreservation -- methods KW - Germ Cells -- metabolism KW - Ostreidae -- drug effects UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/68452872?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cryobiology&rft.atitle=Selection+of+cryoprotectants+based+on+their+toxic+effects+on+oyster+gametes+and+embryos.&rft.au=Nascimento%2C+Iracema+A%3BLeite%2C+Maria+Bernadete+N+L%3BSampaio+de+Ara%C3%BAjo%2C+Milena+Maria%3BSansone%2C+Giovanni%3BPereira%2C+Solange+A%3Bdo+Esp%C3%ADrito+Santo%2C+E+Maristela&rft.aulast=Nascimento&rft.aufirst=Iracema&rft.date=2005-08-01&rft.volume=51&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=113&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Cryobiology&rft.issn=00112240&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2005-11-22 N1 - Date created - 2005-08-08 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-18 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A note on negligence and collusion-proof liability AN - 38207202; 2981606 JF - International review of law and economics AU - Garmon, Christopher AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2005/06// PY - 2005 DA - Jun 2005 SP - 256 EP - 263 VL - 25 IS - 2 SN - 0144-8188, 0144-8188 KW - Sociology KW - Collusion KW - Civil law KW - Statistical analysis KW - Regression analysis KW - Law KW - Liability KW - Professional negligence UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/38207202?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aibss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+review+of+law+and+economics&rft.atitle=A+note+on+negligence+and+collusion-proof+liability&rft.au=Garmon%2C+Christopher&rft.aulast=Garmon&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.date=2005-06-01&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=256&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=International+review+of+law+and+economics&rft.issn=01448188&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016%2Fj.irle.2005.06.006 LA - English DB - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) N1 - Date revised - 2013-06-12 N1 - Last updated - 2013-09-16 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - 7253; 10295; 2496; 7360 7315; 2300 7253; 10739 12228 10919; 12224 971 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2005.06.006 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Floral biology of Eriope blanchetii (Lamiaceae) in coastal sand dunes of NE Brazil AN - 17620228; 6255174 AB - The floral biology of the sand dune shrub Eriope blanchetii (Benth) Harley was investigated in a wild population located within an environment protection area near Salvador, NE Brazil. Inflorescence and flower development were monitored, and the reproductive biology was assessed. Inflorescences are terminal panicles, each bearing from one to 38 small, zygomorphic flowers. The duration of an inflorescence is about 2 months, with few new flowers each day. The rewards to visitors are pollen and nectar, the latter being produced in small quantities at the corolla base, near the stylopodium. Three sequential phases of flower development were identified, based on colour changes, pollen and nectar availability, and stigmatic receptivity. Anthesis takes place throughout the day within each plant, and flowers are strongly protandrous. Flowers are short-lived, with individual variations of 7-30 h until corolla abscission. This variation is probably associated to a post-pollinating response, which reduces the length of the female phase and could be advantageous for the economy of nectar production and for increased efficient pollination of the remaining flowers on a plant. The results of the pollination tests (apomixis, spontaneous and manual autogamy, manual cross-pollination, and control) reinforced the role of pollinators for the reproductive success of E. blanchetii, given that the production of fruits from spontaneous pollination is unlikely to be resulting from protandry and given the morphological floral features. Taken together, the morphological and physiological aspects of E. blanchetii floral biology favour cross-pollination, and it is likely that most of the fruits in nature are produced by outcrossing. JF - Austral Ecology AU - DA Silva, Fabiana O AU - Viana, Blandina F AU - Jacobi, Claudia M AD - Faculdade Tecnologia e Ciencias (FTC), Salvador, e Faculdades Jorge Amado (FJA), Paralela Y1 - 2005/05// PY - 2005 DA - May 2005 SP - 243 EP - 249 PB - Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 9600 Garsington Road Oxford OX4 2DQ UK, [URL:http://www.blackwellpublishing.com] VL - 30 IS - 3 SN - 1442-9985, 1442-9985 KW - Mints KW - Oceanic Abstracts; Ecology Abstracts KW - O 1070:Ecology/Community Studies KW - D 04640:Other angiosperms UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/17620228?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aecology&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Austral+Ecology&rft.atitle=Floral+biology+of+Eriope+blanchetii+%28Lamiaceae%29+in+coastal+sand+dunes+of+NE+Brazil&rft.au=DA+Silva%2C+Fabiana+O%3BViana%2C+Blandina+F%3BJacobi%2C+Claudia+M&rft.aulast=DA+Silva&rft.aufirst=Fabiana&rft.date=2005-05-01&rft.volume=30&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=243&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Austral+Ecology&rft.issn=14429985&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2Fj.1442-9993.2005.01443.x LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2005-08-01 N1 - SuppNotes - Figures, 3; tables, 3; references, 30. N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-13 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01443.x ER - TY - JOUR T1 - An Alternative Measure of Relative Education to Explain Voter Turnout AN - 60665675; 200511346 AB - Nie, Junn, & Stehlik-Barry (1996) develop a theory in which relative, rather than absolute education determines political participation. Empirical tests of this theory have been unable to isolate the effect of education from other factors that impact participation. We propose an alternative definition in which education is measured relative to those born in the same year. This is used to estimate a model of voter turnout that controls for both absolute & relative education. The results show that this new measure of relative education has far more explanatory power than does absolute education. This finding has significant implications regarding how education affects both aggregate voter turnout levels & inequality in voter participation. 2 Tables, 31 References. 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JF - The Journal of Politics AU - Tenn, Steven AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC stenn@ftc.gov Y1 - 2005/02// PY - 2005 DA - February 2005 SP - 271 EP - 282 VL - 67 IS - 1 SN - 0022-3816, 0022-3816 KW - Measurement KW - Voting Behavior KW - Educational Attainment KW - Political Participation KW - article KW - 9121: political behavior; political behavior UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60665675?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Politics&rft.atitle=An+Alternative+Measure+of+Relative+Education+to+Explain+Voter+Turnout&rft.au=Tenn%2C+Steven&rft.aulast=Tenn&rft.aufirst=Steven&rft.date=2005-02-01&rft.volume=67&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=271&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=The+Journal+of+Politics&rft.issn=00223816&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Number of references - 31 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - JPOLA3 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Educational Attainment; Political Participation; Voting Behavior; Measurement ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A randomized study of emtricitabine and lamivudine in stably suppressed patients with HIV. AN - 67139246; 15577539 AB - Once daily (QD) dosing facilitates regimen simplification and adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Emtricitabine (FTC) QD is a newly approved nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor compared in this study to twice daily lamivudine (3TC BID). Controlled, open label equivalence trial of 440 HIV-1-infected patients with plasma HIV-1 RNA stably suppressed on a regimen of 3TC 150 mg BID, stavudine or zidovudine, and a protease inhibitor or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor. Patients were randomized to continue their current regimen or replace 3TC with FTC 200 mg QD. If HIV-1 RNA levels were 5000 and <100,000 copies/mL who were naive for 3TC and abacavir. All FTC doses demonstrated potent antiretroviral activity. Significantly greater virus suppression was seen at the 200 mg/day dose of FTC than with the lower FTC doses and/or 3TC (P=.02, P=.04, and P=.04, respectively). At the 200 mg/day dose, FTC produced a 1.7-log10 mean reduction in virus load. Trough FTC levels at the 200 mg/day dose exceeded the in vitro 90% inhibitory concentration dose for FTC by 5-fold. The long plasma half-life and the superior antiviral activity versus 3TC of the 200 mg/day FTC dose confirmed the results of other studies and led to the selection of this dose for subsequent therapeutic trials. JF - The Journal of infectious diseases AU - Rousseau, Franck S AU - Wakeford, Charles AU - Mommeja-Marin, Herve AU - Sanne, Ian AU - Moxham, Cary AU - Harris, Jeanette AU - Hulett, Laura AU - Wang, Laurene H AU - Quinn, Joseph B AU - Barry, David W AU - FTC-102 Clinical Trial Group AD - Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Durham, North Carolina 27717, USA. Frank.rousseau@Gilead.com. ; FTC-102 Clinical Trial Group Y1 - 2003/12/01/ PY - 2003 DA - 2003 Dec 01 SP - 1652 EP - 1658 VL - 188 IS - 11 SN - 0022-1899, 0022-1899 KW - Anti-HIV Agents KW - 0 KW - Deoxycytidine KW - 0W860991D6 KW - Lamivudine KW - 2T8Q726O95 KW - Emtricitabine KW - G70B4ETF4S KW - Abridged Index Medicus KW - Index Medicus KW - Prospective Studies KW - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug KW - Humans KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Middle Aged KW - Adolescent KW - Anti-HIV Agents -- therapeutic use KW - Deoxycytidine -- adverse effects KW - Deoxycytidine -- analogs & derivatives KW - Lamivudine -- blood KW - Lamivudine -- adverse effects KW - HIV Infections -- drug therapy KW - Deoxycytidine -- therapeutic use KW - Lamivudine -- therapeutic use KW - Deoxycytidine -- blood UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/71409044?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Atoxline&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+infectious+diseases&rft.atitle=Prospective+randomized+trial+of+emtricitabine+versus+lamivudine+short-term+monotherapy+in+human+immunodeficiency+virus-infected+patients.&rft.au=Rousseau%2C+Franck+S%3BWakeford%2C+Charles%3BMommeja-Marin%2C+Herve%3BSanne%2C+Ian%3BMoxham%2C+Cary%3BHarris%2C+Jeanette%3BHulett%2C+Laura%3BWang%2C+Laurene+H%3BQuinn%2C+Joseph+B%3BBarry%2C+David+W%3BFTC-102+Clinical+Trial+Group&rft.aulast=Rousseau&rft.aufirst=Franck&rft.date=2003-12-01&rft.volume=188&rft.issue=11&rft.spage=1652&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=The+Journal+of+infectious+diseases&rft.issn=00221899&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date completed - 2004-01-06 N1 - Date created - 2003-11-25 N1 - Date revised - 2017-01-13 N1 - Last updated - 2017-01-18 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Competition Agencies in a Market-Based Global Economy AN - 60534201; 200300716 AB - Reviews the economic liberalization of the past 30 years & the challenges facing competition agencies in the context of the contemporary market-based global economy. The potential for developing common international standards for competition law is evaluated, & trends toward convergence in the world's antitrust systems are identified. The increasing importance of crossborder consumer protection in shaping the competitive environment is discussed, particularly in light of growing crossborder fraud. The critical role of the US & EU in providing technical assistance to other countries implementing new competition regimes is noted. K. Hyatt Stewart JF - European Foreign Affairs Review AU - Muris, Timothy J AD - US Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2002/10// PY - 2002 DA - October 2002 SP - 241 EP - 249 VL - 7 IS - 3 SN - 1384-6299, 1384-6299 KW - World Economy KW - International Law KW - International Cooperation KW - Market Economy KW - Antitrust Law KW - Globalization KW - Competition KW - International Trade KW - article KW - 9141: political economy; political economy KW - 9161: politics and law; politics and law UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60534201?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=European+Foreign+Affairs+Review&rft.atitle=Competition+Agencies+in+a+Market-Based+Global+Economy&rft.au=Muris%2C+Timothy+J&rft.aulast=Muris&rft.aufirst=Timothy&rft.date=2002-10-01&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=241&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=European+Foreign+Affairs+Review&rft.issn=13846299&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Competition; Antitrust Law; World Economy; Market Economy; International Trade; International Cooperation; International Law; Globalization ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Turnover in U.S. Agricultural Labor Markets AN - 1038614121; 17020562 AB - Agricultural workers move in and out of agriculture frequently. Migration between types of jobs takes relatively little time. Legal female workers tend to stay out of the U.S. labor market longer once they stop being employed and their access to jobs outside of agriculture is more limited than that of their male counterparts. Predictions made when the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act was passed that granting people amnesty would induce most of them to leave agriculture were incorrect. JF - American Journal of Agricultural Economics AU - Tran, Lien H AU - Perloff, Jeffrey M AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 2002/05// PY - 2002 DA - May 2002 SP - 427 EP - 437 PB - Oxford University Press, Oxford Journals, Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP United Kingdom VL - 84 IS - 2 SN - 0002-9092, 0002-9092 KW - Environment Abstracts; Sustainability Science Abstracts KW - Agriculture KW - USA KW - ENA 06:Food & Drugs KW - M3:1010 UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1038614121?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Assamodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Journal+of+Agricultural+Economics&rft.atitle=Turnover+in+U.S.+Agricultural+Labor+Markets&rft.au=Tran%2C+Lien+H%3BPerloff%2C+Jeffrey+M&rft.aulast=Tran&rft.aufirst=Lien&rft.date=2002-05-01&rft.volume=84&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=427&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=American+Journal+of+Agricultural+Economics&rft.issn=00029092&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111%2F1467-8276.00308 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2012-09-01 N1 - Last updated - 2014-02-21 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Agriculture; USA DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8276.00308 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A Test of Political Control of the Bureaucracy: The Case of Mergers AN - 60605551; 200209289 AB - This paper tests a model of political control of the bureaucracy using a data set of mergers evaluated by the Federal Trade Commission between 1983 & 2000. The results support a sophisticated control model in which the president sets the agenda within the scope of policies acceptable to Congress. Changes in presidential administration & in the composition of Congress can, but do not necessarily, affect merger policy. Instead, the shift in policy depends on how the institutions of the presidency & Congress interact both in the previous & current periods. 3 Tables, 1 Figure, 21 References. Adapted from the source document. JF - Economics & Politics AU - Coate, Malcolm B AD - Bureau Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC Mcoate@ftc.gov Y1 - 2002/03// PY - 2002 DA - March 2002 SP - 1 EP - 18 VL - 14 IS - 1 SN - 0954-1985, 0954-1985 KW - intergovernmental relations KW - Bureaucracy KW - Presidents KW - Government Agencies KW - Government Policy KW - United States of America KW - Mergers KW - Decision Making KW - Legislative Bodies KW - article KW - 9263: public policy/administration; public administration/bureaucracy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60605551?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Economics+%26+Politics&rft.atitle=A+Test+of+Political+Control+of+the+Bureaucracy%3A+The+Case+of+Mergers&rft.au=Coate%2C+Malcolm+B&rft.aulast=Coate&rft.aufirst=Malcolm&rft.date=2002-03-01&rft.volume=14&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=1&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Economics+%26+Politics&rft.issn=09541985&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Number of references - 21 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Bureaucracy; Legislative Bodies; Presidents; Mergers; United States of America; Government Policy; Government Agencies; Decision Making ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Direct fermentation of gelatinized sago starch to acetone-butanol-ethanol by Clostridium acetobutylicum AN - 18252835; 5305828 AB - Direct fermentation of gelatinized sago starch into solvent (acetone-butanol-ethanol) by Clostridium acetobutylicum P262 was studied using a 250 ml Schott bottle anaerobic fermentation system. Total solvent production from fermentation using 30 g sago starch/1 (11.03 g/l) was comparable to fermentation using corn starch and about 2-fold higher than fermentation using potato or tapioca starch. At the range of sago starch concentration investigated (10-80 g/l), the highest total solvent production (18.82 g/l) was obtained at 50 g/l. The use of a mixture of organic and inorganic nitrogen source (yeast extract + NH sub(4)NO sub(3)) enhanced growth of C. acetobutylicum, starch hydrolysis and solvent production (24.47 g/l) compared to the use of yeast extract alone. This gave the yield based on sugar consumed of 0.45 g/g. Result from this study also showed that the individual concentrations of nitrogen and carbon influenced solvent production to a greater extent than did carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio. JF - World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology AU - Madihah AU - Ariff, AB AU - Sahaid, K M AU - Suraini, A A AU - Karim, MIA AD - Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, ftc@time.net.my Y1 - 2001/08// PY - 2001 DA - Aug 2001 SP - 567 EP - 576 VL - 17 IS - 6 SN - 0959-3993, 0959-3993 KW - acetone KW - butanol KW - ethanol KW - starch KW - Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts; Microbiology Abstracts A: Industrial & Applied Microbiology; Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts KW - Sugar KW - Nitrogen sources KW - Fermentation KW - N-Butyl alcohol KW - Starch KW - Clostridium acetobutylicum KW - Acetone KW - Ethanol KW - A 01015:Fermentation & related processes KW - W2 32580:Fermentation and process engineering KW - W 30965:Miscellaneous, Reviews UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/18252835?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Abiotechresearch&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=World+Journal+of+Microbiology+%26+Biotechnology&rft.atitle=Direct+fermentation+of+gelatinized+sago+starch+to+acetone-butanol-ethanol+by+Clostridium+acetobutylicum&rft.au=Madihah%3BAriff%2C+AB%3BSahaid%2C+K+M%3BSuraini%2C+A+A%3BKarim%2C+MIA&rft.aulast=Madihah&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=2001-08-01&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=567&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=World+Journal+of+Microbiology+%26+Biotechnology&rft.issn=09593993&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2006-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Clostridium acetobutylicum; Fermentation; Nitrogen sources; Sugar; Acetone; Ethanol; N-Butyl alcohol; Starch ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Federal trade commission's guides on environmental marketing claims AN - 41235459; 3284255 AU - Peeler, L Y1 - 2000/12/31/ PY - 2000 DA - 2000 Dec 31 KW - CPI, Conference Papers Index KW - U 4300:Environmental Science KW - U 7500:Pharmacology KW - U 2500:Chemistry and Chemical Engineering UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/41235459?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Federal+trade+commission%27s+guides+on+environmental+marketing+claims&rft.au=Peeler%2C+L&rft.aulast=Peeler&rft.aufirst=L&rft.date=2000-12-31&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - SuppNotes - Availability: SETAC Office, 1010 North 12th Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32501-3370, Abstracts available. 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Paper No. 180 N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Data and industrial organization econometric research: Requirements, measurement, and dissemination AN - 40856218; 1112019 AU - Long, W F Y1 - 2000/12/31/ PY - 2000 DA - 2000 Dec 31 KW - CPI, Conference Papers Index KW - U 6500:MATHEMATICS UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/40856218?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Data+and+industrial+organization+econometric+research%3A+Requirements%2C+measurement%2C+and+dissemination&rft.au=Long%2C+W+F&rft.aulast=Long&rft.aufirst=W&rft.date=2000-12-31&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - SuppNotes - Availability: American Statistical Association, 806 15th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005 (USA) N1 - Last updated - 2010-05-03 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - FTC guidelines for dietary supplements AN - 39272450; 3486615 AU - Maher, A V Y1 - 2000/12/31/ PY - 2000 DA - 2000 Dec 31 KW - CPI, Conference Papers Index UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/39272450?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Acpi&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=conference&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=FTC+guidelines+for+dietary+supplements&rft.au=Maher%2C+A+V&rft.aulast=Maher&rft.aufirst=A&rft.date=2000-12-31&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - SuppNotes - Availability: Global Business Research, Ltd., 190 Stamford Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902, USA; phone: 203-325-8094; fax: 203-323-7825; email: webmaster@globalbusinessresearch.com; URL: www.globalbusinessresearch.com, Abstracts available. Contact GBR for price. N1 - Last updated - 2014-01-02 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Classical Monetary Theory and the Quantity Theory AN - 60150657; 200102865 AB - Criticism of the author's (1985) interpretation of the connection between classical monetary theory & the quantity theory of money is addressed. Mark Blaug's (1995) contention that the author incorrectly presented his understanding of classical monetary theory as the exclusive theoretical approach is countered; specifically, it is claimed that Blaug's criticism recognizes the "anti-quantity-theoretical" aspects of classical monetary theory. D. P. O'Brien's (1995) assertions about the author's treatment of purchasing power parity & disregard of short-run adjustment problems are strongly challenged. In addition, O'Brien's exclusive treatment of tradable goods in critiquing the author's idea of a uniform international price level is questioned & countered by providing a model that permits short-run variations in local price levels. The importance of monetary policy in economic models containing an endogenous real business cycle is also considered. 31 References. J. W. Parker JF - History of Political Economy AU - Glasner, David AD - Bureau Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC dglasner@ftc.gov Y1 - 2000/04// PY - 2000 DA - April 2000 SP - 39 EP - 59 VL - 32 IS - 1 SN - 0018-2702, 0018-2702 KW - Economic Theories KW - Money KW - Prices KW - Theoretical Problems KW - article KW - 9141: political economy; political economy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60150657?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awpsa&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=History+of+Political+Economy&rft.atitle=Classical+Monetary+Theory+and+the+Quantity+Theory&rft.au=Glasner%2C+David&rft.aulast=Glasner&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=2000-04-01&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=39&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=History+of+Political+Economy&rft.issn=00182702&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-10-30 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Economic Theories; Money; Prices; Theoretical Problems ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Federal Trade Commission's regulation of advertising claims for dietary supplements AN - 17009616; 3847869 AB - This article discusses the role of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the regulation of advertising, illustrates the application of the Commission s regulatory approach to dietary supplements, and offers the author's thoughts on the likely implications of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) for the FTC. JF - Food and Drug Law Journal AU - Peeler, CL AU - Cohn, S AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, USA Y1 - 1995 PY - 1995 DA - 1995 SP - 349 EP - 356 VL - 50 IS - 3 SN - 1064-590X, 1064-590X KW - Federal Trade Commission KW - advertising KW - dietary supplements KW - Health & Safety Science Abstracts KW - standards KW - USA KW - federal regulations KW - public health KW - H SE4.5:STANDARDS, LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICY UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/17009616?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthsafetyabstracts&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Food+and+Drug+Law+Journal&rft.atitle=The+Federal+Trade+Commission%27s+regulation+of+advertising+claims+for+dietary+supplements&rft.au=Peeler%2C+CL%3BCohn%2C+S&rft.aulast=Peeler&rft.aufirst=CL&rft.date=1995-01-01&rft.volume=50&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=349&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Food+and+Drug+Law+Journal&rft.issn=1064590X&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2006-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-13 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - USA; federal regulations; public health; standards ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Fiscal Fragmentation and the Distribution of Metropolitan Area Resources: A Case Study AN - 918037078; 13500681 AB - This paper estimates the incidence of local taxes and expenditures and the distribution of income in metropolitan Washington, DC, under our current fragmented system of governing metropolitan areas and under a hypothetical metropolitan-wide regime. The purpose of this exercise is to consider how the distribution of metropolitan resources might differ had society evolved toward a unified form of metropolitan governance. It is found that tax and expenditure incidence and the distribution of income are strikingly similar under both systems. From an equity perspective, neither the current fragmented system nor a unified system emerges as a clearly superior form of metropolitan organisation. JF - Urban Studies AU - Sacher, Seth B AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 20580, USA Y1 - 1993/08// PY - 1993 DA - Aug 1993 SP - 1225 EP - 1239 PB - Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks CA 91320 USA VL - 30 IS - 7 SN - 0042-0980, 0042-0980 KW - Environment Abstracts KW - Taxation KW - case studies KW - income KW - metropolitan areas KW - ENA 07:General UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/918037078?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aenvabstractsmodule&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Urban+Studies&rft.atitle=Fiscal+Fragmentation+and+the+Distribution+of+Metropolitan+Area+Resources%3A+A+Case+Study&rft.au=Sacher%2C+Seth+B&rft.aulast=Sacher&rft.aufirst=Seth&rft.date=1993-08-01&rft.volume=30&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=1225&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Urban+Studies&rft.issn=00420980&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080%2F00420989320081141 LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2012-01-01 N1 - Last updated - 2012-03-29 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - case studies; Taxation; income; metropolitan areas DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00420989320081141 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Federal Trade Commission Regulation of Water Treatment Devices AN - 19107602; 9105701 AB - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a small independent Federal Agency with a broad mandate: to promote free and open competition and protect consumers from unfair and deceptive practices. The FTC has no specific regulations governing the advertising of water treatment devices. Like other advertising, claims for these devices must be truthful and substantiated. In general, the types of advertising claims that the FTC may be concerned about in this area are as follows: claims that a device will purify the water or remove all contaminants; claims that ordinary tap water is hazardous to health; and false claims of consumer or expert endorsements. In 1987, two formal actions were brought against advertisers of water treatment devices. New Medical Techniques, Inc. was charged with false advertising of its Aquaspring Home Water Distiller after claiming that the device would remove all contaminants from water. An administrative complaint was issued against North American Philips Corporation, maker of the Norelco Clean Water Machine, a table-top activated carbon filter. In addition to these cases, the FTC continues to monitor advertising that concerns water treatment issues. (See also W91- 05694) (MacKeen-PTT) JF - Point-of-Use/Entry Treatment of Drinking Water. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1990. p 25-26. AU - Winston, J AD - Federal Trade Commission Y1 - 1990 PY - 1990 DA - 1990 KW - Water Resources Abstracts KW - Administrative agencies Drinking water Point-of-entry water KW - treatment Point-of-use water treatment Public health Water KW - quality Water treatment Administrative regulations Consumer KW - protection Federal Trade Commission Legal aspects Legislation KW - SW 3060:Water treatment and distribution KW - SW 4050:Water law and institutions UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/19107602?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awaterresources&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Federal+Trade+Commission+Regulation+of+Water+Treatment+Devices&rft.au=Winston%2C+J&rft.aulast=Winston&rft.aufirst=J&rft.date=1990-01-01&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Effects of Driving Age, Driver Education, and Curfew Laws on Traffic Fatalities of 15-17 Year Olds AN - 61035617; 89V0706 AB - An examination of the effect of state driving age, learning permits, driver's education, & curfew laws on fatality rates among drivers aged 15-17. A multivariate regression model is estimated using official statistics on 47 states for 1975-1984. The minimum legal driving age & curfew laws are found to be important determinants of fatalities. Driver's education & learning permits have smaller effects. Driving age, education, & curfew laws are also related: a more restrictive policy is found to reduce licensure of drivers aged 15-17. The results suggest that the imposition of curfew laws & higher minimum driving ages are particularly effective traffic safety policies. 1 Table, 14 References. Modified HA JF - Risk Analysis AU - Levy, David T AD - Federal Trade Commission, 6th & Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC 20580 Y1 - 1988/12// PY - 1988 DA - December 1988 SP - 569 EP - 574 VL - 8 IS - 4 SN - 0272-4332, 0272-4332 KW - fatality rates, drivers aged 15-17 KW - state driving age/learning permit/driver's eduction/curfew laws KW - official statistics KW - Accidents KW - Fatalities KW - Automobiles KW - Legislation KW - Adolescents KW - article KW - 2045: sociology of health and medicine; sociology of medicine (public health) UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/61035617?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Risk+Analysis&rft.atitle=The+Effects+of+Driving+Age%2C+Driver+Education%2C+and+Curfew+Laws+on+Traffic+Fatalities+of+15-17+Year+Olds&rft.au=Levy%2C+David+T&rft.aulast=Levy&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=1988-12-01&rft.volume=8&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=569&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Risk+Analysis&rft.issn=02724332&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - RIANDF N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fatalities; Automobiles; Accidents; Adolescents; Legislation ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Federal Trade Commission Regulation of Water Treatment Devices AN - 19063388; 8913276 AB - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a small independent Federal agency established in 1914. The FTC 's mission includes the regulation of anticompetitive practices such as price fixing and monopolization, as well as regulation of false advertising. The FTC does not have the resources to pursue every potentially deceptive practice, and no specific regulations governing the advertising of water treatment devices. Like other advertising, claims for these devices must be truthful and substantiated. In recent months the FTC has brought two formal actions against advertisers of water treatment devices. In the summer of 1987, one organization was charged with false advertising of its home water distiller, and in August 1987, the FTC issued an administrative complaint against another corporation regarding a table-top activated carbon filter device. In general, the types of advertising claims that the FTC may be concerned about in this area are: claims that a device will purify the water or remove all contaminants. These claims should be supported by reliable evidence and appropriately qualified; claims that ordinary tap water is hazardous to health. These claims should be carefully substantiated and qualified; and false claims of consumer or expert endorsements. Consumer testimonials should be representative or qualified clearly. (See also W89-13269) (Lantz-PTT) JF - Proceedings: Conference on Point-of-Use Treatment of Drinking Water. Report No. EPA/9-88/012 June 1988. p 25-26. AU - Winston, J AD - Federal Trade Commission Washington, DC Y1 - 1988/06// PY - 1988 DA - Jun 1988 KW - Water Resources Abstracts KW - Water treatment KW - Regulations KW - Federal Trade Commission KW - Advertising KW - Publications KW - Legal aspects KW - SW 3070:Water quality control KW - SW 3060:Water treatment and distribution UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/19063388?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Awaterresources&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=&rft.atitle=Federal+Trade+Commission+Regulation+of+Water+Treatment+Devices&rft.au=Winston%2C+J&rft.aulast=Winston&rft.aufirst=J&rft.date=1988-06-01&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Last updated - 2011-12-14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The expansion of fishery jurisdiction: Fishery interests and congressional voting. AN - 14385457; 1230940 AB - The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 greatly broadened the scope of U.S. Fishery regulation. While the act contained a variety of features, its primary and certainly most controversial provision expanded the regulated fishing zone from 12 to 200 miles. This paper identifies the primary gainers and losers from the act and assesses their roles in influencing the legislative outcome. The voting behavior of congressional representatives is analyzed by multivariate probit analysis in order to quantify the influences of the major lobbying groups. JF - Marine Resource Economics AU - Abrams, BA AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, USA Y1 - 1985 PY - 1985 DA - 1985 SP - 143 EP - 152 VL - 2 IS - 2 SN - 0738-1360, 0738-1360 KW - government policy KW - ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality; Oceanic Abstracts KW - fishery regulations KW - USA KW - marine fisheries KW - fishery management KW - O 5080:Legal/Governmental KW - Q1 08565:Policy, legislation and sociology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/14385457?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aasfaaquaticpollution&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Marine+Resource+Economics&rft.atitle=The+expansion+of+fishery+jurisdiction%3A+Fishery+interests+and+congressional+voting.&rft.au=Abrams%2C+BA&rft.aulast=Abrams&rft.aufirst=BA&rft.date=1985-01-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=143&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Marine+Resource+Economics&rft.issn=07381360&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - ProQuest Environmental Science Collection N1 - Date revised - 2006-11-01 N1 - Last updated - 2014-05-05 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - fishery regulations; marine fisheries; fishery management; USA ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Consumer Search and Public Policy AN - 61593140; 198300121 AB - Consumers acquire information from a variety of internal & external sources that differ in their abilities to convey different kinds of information. The implications of these sources for designing government information programs are examined, emphasizing the need to analyze the effects of information disclosures in the total information environment. 1 Figure. HA. JF - The Journal of Consumer Research AU - Beales, Howard AU - Mazis, Michael B AU - Salop, Steven C AU - Staelin, Richard AD - Bureau Economics Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC 20580 Y1 - 1981/06// PY - 1981 DA - June 1981 SP - 11 EP - 22 VL - 8 IS - 1 SN - 0093-5301, 0093-5301 KW - consumers' information search, public policy design KW - Policy/Policies KW - Consumer/Consumers/Consumerism KW - Information/Informational KW - Public KW - article KW - 7210: social planning/policy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/61593140?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocialservices&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Consumer+Research&rft.atitle=Consumer+Search+and+Public+Policy&rft.au=Beales%2C+Howard%3BMazis%2C+Michael+B%3BSalop%2C+Steven+C%3BStaelin%2C+Richard&rft.aulast=Beales&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft.date=1981-06-01&rft.volume=8&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=11&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=The+Journal+of+Consumer+Research&rft.issn=00935301&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Social Services Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-05-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Consumer/Consumers/Consumerism; Information/Informational; Public; Policy/Policies ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Essential Role of Antitrust in a Competitive Market for Health Services AN - 1761720334; 198401588 AB - Proposals for regulatory reform of the health services market could remove the legal means for assuring future competitive conditions. The effects of such a removal are postulated. The evolution of the antitrust doctrine is reviewed, & it is concluded that enforcement of antitrust laws is an effective means of policing the market & reinforcing the legitimate private initiatives directed toward increasing efficiency & containing cost. Self-regulation is discounted as a viable alternative. 12 References. Modified HA. JF - Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly/Health and Society AU - Pollard, Michael R AD - Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC 20580 Y1 - 1981/04// PY - 1981 DA - April 1981 SP - 256 EP - 268 VL - 59 IS - 2 KW - health services, competitive market KW - antitrust laws value KW - Competition/Competitive KW - Health/Healthy KW - Service/Services KW - article KW - 7210: social policy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1761720334?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocialservices&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Milbank+Memorial+Fund+Quarterly%2FHealth+and+Society&rft.atitle=The+Essential+Role+of+Antitrust+in+a+Competitive+Market+for+Health+Services&rft.au=Pollard%2C+Michael+R&rft.aulast=Pollard&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.date=1981-04-01&rft.volume=59&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=256&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Milbank+Memorial+Fund+Quarterly%2FHealth+and+Society&rft.issn=&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Social Services Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2016-02-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Health/Healthy; Service/Services; Competition/Competitive ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Voluntary Contributions and Monitoring Efforts: Revealed Preference for the Services of Religious Organizations AN - 61076431; 82M0530 AB - A model of monetary contributions to religious organizations is developed, using a public goods framework. Data for testing this model are taken from statistics on 19 Protestant denominations for the years 1959-1962. Results show the importance of monitoring contributions in explaining variations in level of giving to such organizations. 1 Table. Modified HA. JF - Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion AU - Hilke, John C AD - Bureau Economics Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC Y1 - 1980/06// PY - 1980 DA - June 1980 SP - 138 EP - 145 VL - 19 IS - 2 SN - 0021-8294, 0021-8294 KW - voluntary contributions, religious organizations KW - monitoring KW - Voluntary/Voluntarism KW - Contribution/Contributions/ Contributor/ Contributors KW - Organization/Organizations/ Organizational/ Organize/ Organizers/ Organized/ Organizing KW - Religion/Religions/Religious KW - article KW - 1535: sociology of religion; sociology of religion UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/61076431?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+for+the+Scientific+Study+of+Religion&rft.atitle=Voluntary+Contributions+and+Monitoring+Efforts%3A+Revealed+Preference+for+the+Services+of+Religious+Organizations&rft.au=Hilke%2C+John+C&rft.aulast=Hilke&rft.aufirst=John&rft.date=1980-06-01&rft.volume=19&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=138&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+for+the+Scientific+Study+of+Religion&rft.issn=00218294&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - JSSRBT N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Religion/Religions/Religious; Voluntary/Voluntarism; Contribution/Contributions/ Contributor/ Contributors; Organization/Organizations/ Organizational/ Organize/ Organizers/ Organized/ Organizing ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of Physician-Controlled Health Insurance: US v. Oregon State Medical Society AN - 61576906; 197900655 AB - The trial record in an antitrust case against the Oregon State Medical Society, finally decided in 1952, was examined to reconstruct the behavior of a competitive market. for health insurance coverage. Health insurers called 'hospital associations,' were found to have engaged individually in cost-control efforts similar to, but possibly more aggressive than, today's utilization review under professional sponsorship. The subsequent disappearance of these insurer-initiated cost controls in Ore is traced to the medical society's organization of a competing Blue Shield plan as a model of insurer conduct & to a simultaneous boycott by MDs of the hospital associations as long as they persisted in questioning MDs' practices. Some modem parallels are noted, & the advantages of fostering privately sponsored cost-control efforts are suggested. 3 Appendices. Modified HA. JF - Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law AU - Goldberg, Lawrence G AU - Greenberg, Warren AD - Bureau Economics Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC 20580 Y1 - 1977/04// PY - 1977 DA - April 1977 SP - 48 EP - 78 VL - 2 IS - 1 SN - 0361-6878, 0361-6878 KW - Oregon KW - Professional Associations KW - Health Insurance KW - Physicians KW - Legal Cases KW - Health Care Costs KW - article KW - 7211: health policy UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/61576906?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocialservices&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Health+Politics%2C+Policy+and+Law&rft.atitle=The+Effect+of+Physician-Controlled+Health+Insurance%3A+US+v.+Oregon+State+Medical+Society&rft.au=Goldberg%2C+Lawrence+G%3BGreenberg%2C+Warren&rft.aulast=Goldberg&rft.aufirst=Lawrence&rft.date=1977-04-01&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=48&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Health+Politics%2C+Policy+and+Law&rft.issn=03616878&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Social Services Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-05-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Health Insurance; Physicians; Health Care Costs; Professional Associations; Legal Cases; Oregon ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Organization of Work: A Conceptual Framework AN - 60818155; 78J0403 AB - The appropriate organization of work is a matter of growing concern in the US. Studies & experiments have often yielded ambiguous results in their efforts to relate the nature of work organization to productivity &/or satisfaction. An attempt is made to reconcile these results by developing a conceptual & analytical framework. A distinction is drawn between the design of jobs & worker participation in management, & examples show where each operates independently of the other. Scales are proposed for various dimensions of these characteristics, ie, the degree & scope of worker power in the case of participation, & flexibility & discretion in the design of jobs. Empirical studies & a priori reasoning are used to conclude that the most satisfying job to workers involves more participation than the most productive job-type, the latter being management's preference. Some changes in participation are beneficial to both workers & management, some to neither, & yet others to only one party. The frequency of this last occurrence depends on the nature of technology & workers' relative preference for wages & participation, while the final outcome also depends on the relative power of management & workers. Similar considerations hold for possible redesign of jobs. 2 Figures. AA. JF - Social Science Quarterly AU - Kwoka, John E, Jr AD - Bureau Economics Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC 20500 Y1 - 1976/12// PY - 1976 DA - December 1976 SP - 632 EP - 643 VL - 57 IS - 3 SN - 0038-4941, 0038-4941 KW - US, work organization studies, conceptual framework KW - jobs design, worker participation, management, satisfaction factors, technology, wages, relative power KW - Job/Jobs KW - Organization/Organizations/ Organizational/ Organize/ Organizers/ Organized/ Organizing KW - Work/Works/Working KW - United States/US KW - Manage/Managed/Manages/ Managing/ Management KW - Worker/Workers KW - article KW - 0621: complex organizations; sociology of work UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60818155?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Social+Science+Quarterly&rft.atitle=The+Organization+of+Work%3A+A+Conceptual+Framework&rft.au=Kwoka%2C+John+E%2C+Jr&rft.aulast=Kwoka&rft.aufirst=John&rft.date=1976-12-01&rft.volume=57&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=632&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Social+Science+Quarterly&rft.issn=00384941&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - SSQTAL N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - United States/US; Work/Works/Working; Worker/Workers; Organization/Organizations/ Organizational/ Organize/ Organizers/ Organized/ Organizing; Job/Jobs; Manage/Managed/Manages/ Managing/ Management ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Environmental Diseconomies in Suburban Expansion AN - 60909221; 74G6734 AB - Metropolitan pop's do not appear to be increasing as rapidly as are the land areas which they encompass. Land resources are actually being squandered by people seeking to escape the problems of central cities. This has led to the phenomenon known as "Ur sprawl." The present paper delineates various types of Ur sprawl, discusses their causes, & suggests the effects which they have upon Ur agglomerations, people, & the economy in general. AA. JF - The American Journal of Economics and Sociology AU - McKee, David L AU - Smith, Gerald H AD - Kent State U, Ohio & Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC Y1 - 1972/04// PY - 1972 DA - April 1972 SP - 181 EP - 188 VL - 31 IS - 2 SN - 0002-9246, 0002-9246 KW - An analysis of urban sprawl KW - Urban (see also Ru/Ur) KW - article KW - 1218: urban sociology; urban sociology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60909221?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+American+Journal+of+Economics+and+Sociology&rft.atitle=Environmental+Diseconomies+in+Suburban+Expansion&rft.au=McKee%2C+David+L%3BSmith%2C+Gerald+H&rft.aulast=McKee&rft.aufirst=David&rft.date=1972-04-01&rft.volume=31&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=181&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=The+American+Journal+of+Economics+and+Sociology&rft.issn=00029246&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - AJESA3 N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Urban (see also Ru/Ur) ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Five-Day Week in Mysore Government Offices - An Opinion Survey AN - 1310306166 JF - The Indian Journal of Public Administration Y1 - 1971/04/01/ PY - 1971 DA - 1971 Apr 01 SP - 265 CY - New Delhi PB - Indian Institute of Public Administration. VL - 17 IS - 2 SN - 0019-5561 KW - Public Administration UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1310306166?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Apio&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Indian+Journal+of+Public+Administration&rft.atitle=Five-Day+Week+in+Mysore+Government+Offices+-+An+Opinion+Survey&rft.au=&rft.aulast=&rft.aufirst=&rft.date=1971-04-01&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=265&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=The+Indian+Journal+of+Public+Administration&rft.issn=00195561&rft_id=info:doi/ DB - Periodicals Index Online N1 - Last updated - 2013-02-25 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - THE INNER CITY MARKETPLACE: THE NEED FOR LAW AND ORDER AN - 60888432; 71E7472 AB - A discussion of the concern of the Federal Trade Commission with eliminating frauds & deceptions in credit transactions & promoting the development of competition in the inneh-city marketplace. It is noted that the Commission has attempted to curb frauds & deceptions in credit since the 1930's. Since the early 1960's, as more & more consumers have made purchases on credit, the Commission has shifted its emphasis & priorities re deceptions to those misrepresentations & deceptions engaged in by both lenders & retailers in the advertising & extension of credit to individual consumers. A public hearing held in 1950 re advertising of automotive financing programs, followed in 1951 with the promulgation of trade practice conference rules on the Retail Installment Sale & Financing of Motor Vehicles is described. In 1968, the Commission undertook a comparative study of the sales & credit practices of District of Columbia retailers serving the low-income communities & those serving the general market. It found that there was a higher markup in low-income communities, due to substantially higher selling costs. Public policy must be directed toward furnishing managerial & financial counsel to existing merchants & toward encouraging new local entrepreneurs in the inner-city markets. Local merchants must be made aware of their rights & responsibilities under the law. The Commission must begin to focus its traditional guidance responsibilities on the needs of small business in the inner-city communities. The importance of informed consumers for the effective functioning of the market is pointed out. It is essential that consumers increase their own marketing sophistication so that they can protect themselves from the deceptive gimmick, & learn to recognize & seek out the marketing options which are, in fact, available to them. Here, too, the Federal Trade Commission can make a substantial contribution by working with business & consumer groups. JF - The George Washington Law Review AU - Jones, Mary Gardiner AD - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, DC Y1 - 1969/07// PY - 1969 DA - July 1969 SP - 1015 EP - 1030 VL - 37 IS - 5 SN - 0016-8076, 0016-8076 KW - FRAUD : IN INNER-CITY MARKETPLACE KW - LAW : & ORDER IN INNER-CITY MARKETPLACE KW - MARKET : INNER-CITY, & LAW & ORDER KW - ORDER : & LAW IN INNER-CITY MARKETPLACE KW - Law/Laws (see also Legal, Legislation) KW - Order/Orders/Ordered/Ordering KW - Fraud/Frauds/Fraudulent/ Fraudulence KW - Market/Markets/Marketing (see also Market research) KW - article KW - 1218: urban sociology; urban sociology UR - http://libproxy.lib.unc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/60888432?accountid=14244 L2 - http://vb3lk7eb4t.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Asocabs&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+George+Washington+Law+Review&rft.atitle=THE+INNER+CITY+MARKETPLACE%3A+THE+NEED+FOR+LAW+AND+ORDER&rft.au=Jones%2C+Mary+Gardiner&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Mary&rft.date=1969-07-01&rft.volume=37&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=1015&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=The+George+Washington+Law+Review&rft.issn=00168076&rft_id=info:doi/ LA - English DB - Sociological Abstracts N1 - Date revised - 2007-04-01 N1 - Last updated - 2016-09-28 N1 - CODEN - GWLRAM N1 - SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Fraud/Frauds/Fraudulent/ Fraudulence; Law/Laws (see also Legal, Legislation); Market/Markets/Marketing (see also Market research); Order/Orders/Ordered/Ordering ER -