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Offshore Oil: Selected References, 1969-1975
This report cites the references to the literature on offshore oil in North America which follow have been compiled from the computerized bibliographic database.
Analysis of Senate Finance Committee Deregulation Windfall Profits Tax
This report contains information over an proposed amendment that would point out the large amounts of profit to oil producers in the event that the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 expires.
Supersonic Transports, U.S and foreign -- A legislative history
This report discusses the aircraft which would carry the passengers faster than the speed of sound.
The petrodollar problem
This report provides the scope of petrodollar or OPEC problems based on oil revenues.
Profitability in the Petroleum Industry: A Corporate Finance Perspective
This report is about Profitability in the Petroleum Industry: A Corporate Finance Perspective.
Federal financial regulatory agency reform: monetary policy operations
This report presents provides a framework for examining proposals to reform the financial regulatory system.
The First Years of The Congressional Budget Process
This report is on The First Years of The Congressional Budget Process.
Summary of Federal Campaign Financing Laws
This report on the Summary of Federal Campaign Financing Laws.
Bibliography on Multinational Banking and Related Aspects of Private International Finance 1960-MID 1976
This report is on Bibliography on Multinational Banking and Related Aspects of Private International Finance 1960-MID 1976.
Business-Government Relations, 1970-1976: A Selected Bibliography
This report contains specific references about the large range of issues involving government and business relations.
Selected Economic Topics of Interest to Congress
This report contains brief surveys on a number of economic topics of interest to Congress.
Regional shifts in Economic Activity -- A Selected Annotated Bibliography 1970-1976
This report provides sources of information on the continuing shift of population and industry to the southern and western states from the North-eastern and North-central regions of the country
Nurse Training, Title VIII of the Public Service Act
This report provides a history of changing nature of federal support for health education and training programs.
Federal Assistance Programs: How to get Information about them and apply for Assistance (including a guide on how to use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)
This report is a journey of the federal assistance program which talks about how to get information about them and apply for assistance.
Electronic Funds Transfer: Some Legal Issues
This report discusses the Electronic Funds Transfer System, known as EFTS, and the privacy issues posed by EFT.
Electric Utility Rate Reform
This report deals with the major issues in electric utility rate reform together with a discussion of current procedures.
The Electric Utility Sector: Concepts, Practices and Problems
This report is on The Electric Utility Sector: Concepts, Practices, and Problems.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters: an Historical and Bibliography Review
This report investigates the International Brotherhood of Teamster, the largest trade union at that time, along with a bibliographic essay to look over some materials involved with dealing with the Teamsters.
Energy Famine in Late-20th Century America? Prospects and Policies
This reports on the United States energy crisis over the course of several years.
A Description of Federal Programs that Otherize the Sale or Other Disposal of Federal Land
This report is a brief overview of land disposal policies of Principal federal land managements agencies.
The Unionization of Farm workers
This report is about the unionization of Farm workers with the background and alternative federal approaches.
The Fortune 500 -- Names, Addresses and Officers of the 500 Largest Industrial Corporations in the U.S. Ranked by Sales in 1976
This report is an expansion of the basic information given in the Fortune 500 listing for 1975 as published in the May 1977 issue of Fortune magazine.
Cogeneration--Problems and Outlook
This report discusses Cogeneration--Problems and Outlook. Cogeneration is the production of both steam and electricity from a single heat source.
A guide to statistics on subsidy programs of the federal government
This report act as a guide to the sources of the existing statistics of information on the subsidies provided by the federal government.
Community mental health centers
This report provides information about community health centers which treat mentally ill persons in their own community.
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
This report is about Electronic Fund Transfers. A discussion and analysis of the national commision on electronic funds transfer's final report.
U.S Taxation of Citizens Working in Other Countries: An Economic Analysis
This report contains information about the impact of U.S taxes on foreign U.S workers and industries, and the cost on mainland U.S.
Trends in Governmental Expenditures and Public Employement in the Unted States, by level of Government, selected Fiscal Years 1946-1976, 1978 July 12
This report is a descriptive journey of the trends in governmental expenditure and public employment in the United States by the level of government.
The Concept of a Sick Industry
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Government printing Reform
This report is about Government Printing Reform, pursued through the recodification of the public printing chapters of title 44, U.S. code.
Gasoline: Public opinion on the shortage
This report gives details about the opinion polls on the shortages and on the possible actions to meet the shortage can illuminate Public views on the debate.
Health: Catastrophic Health insurance
This report is about catastrophic health insurances.
Commerical Television Broadcasting: An Economic Analysis of Its Structure and Competitive Alternatives
This report analyzes the economic structure of both the conventional commercial television broadcasting industry as well as the significant commercial competitive alternatives. Federal Communications Commission policies and their effect on the competitive structure and development of the television industry are also discussed.
Interest Rates Causes and Effects
This report describes about market and policy forces that describe the general level of interest rates and some rules that generally applicable to any economic environment.
Land Disposal Policies of the Principal Federal Land Management Agencies
This report reviews the history of public land disposal and the location and uses of present Federal Public Lands. Land disposal policies and practices of agencies of the Department of Agriculture, Defense and the Interior, and of the General Services Administration are discussed.
Social Security Financing: A Guide to Sources of Information
This research guide identifies the information sources for the issue of social security financing as well as for a number of specific topics related to this subject.
Corporate Mergers Through Tender Offers: Measurement and Public Policy Considerations
This report provides a perspective on the role of tender offers in corporate mergers and acquisitions and on the nature of financing used to carry them out. Analyzing SEC data on corporate takeovers, it classifies by industry those firms for which tender offers were made in 1979 and 1980 and examines the sources of funds used in these acquisition bids. Comparing SEC data with information compiled by FTC and others, it assesses the importance of tender offers in overall merger and acquisition activity. The report focuses mainly on domestic mergers, but foreign takeovers of U.S. companies also are discussed.
Mergers: Background and Current Issues
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Merger Tactics and Public Policy
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Automobile Domestic Content Requirements
In response to the lowest drop of American produced automobile sales in two decades and other related conditions, legislation has been introduced that would impose domestic (local) content ratios for automotive vehicles. These would require that cars and trucks sold in the United States in large quantities contain a certain percentage of American parts and labor.
The Sensitivity of Small Businesses to Interest Rates: A Cross-Sectional View
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Bankruptcy and Business Failure Data
The purpose of this report is to provide statistical data on the actual number of businesses that are filing for bankruptcy or ceasing operations. Tabular data of both a historical and current nature concerning business failures and bankruptcies is provided.
Status of the Justice Department/American Telephone and Telegraph Company Antitrust Settlement: A Brief Overview
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Health Insurance: The Pro-Competition Proposals
For more than a decade, Congress and the Executive Branch have tried to stem spiraling health care costs through various regulatory actions at the Federal and State levels. Planning laws, for example, focus regulatory attention on the capacity of the health care industry to provide health services. Other laws have created programs to monitor and control the use of services provided to individual patients. Direct wage and price controls were applied to the health industry in the early 1970's and in recent years Congress has debated whether to impose controls over hospital spending in the United States. This report discusses the debate surrounding various approaches to lower health care costs.
Small Business and the 97th Congress
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The General Motors-Toyota Joint Venture and Its Competitive Implications
This report reviews the economics of joint ventures by focusing on their implication for market competition. It also reviews the legislative history of mergers and joint ventures with special emphasis on aspects of the law that are directed at reducing market concentration.
The Divestiture of American Telephone and Telegraph Company: The Impact on Shareholders
This report analyzes the impact which the divestiture of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) will have on the 3.2 million holders of AT&T stock. The method of distribution and the listing and trading mechanics of the shares as well as dividend and tax information are discussed. A brief analysis of initial stock performance based on the first two weeks of trading concludes the analysis.
Energy Efficiency Standards for Appliances: Are They Needed?
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA! (P.L. 94-163), as amended by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NEPCA) (P.L. 95-619) , requires that energy efficiency standards be established for each of 13 classes of appliances that are major consumers of energy. NEPCA stipulates that such standards "be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency which the Secretary [of Energ'y] determines is technologically feasible and economically justified." The Department of Energy ' announced proposed standards for 8 of the 13 classes of appliances in June 1980 and initiated public hearings on them prior to final promulgation. In January 1981, the DOE suspended this process; after re-studying the proposed standards, it announced in April 1982 a finding that no standards are economically justified.
Solar Energy: The Federal Program and Congressional Interest
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The American Telephone and Telegraph Divestiture: Background, Provisions, and Restructuring
On January 1, 1984, The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) divested itself of a major portion of its organizational structure and functions. Under the post-divestiture environment the once fully-integrated Bell System is now reorganized into the "new" AT&T and seven Ladependent regional holding companies -- American Information Technologies Corp., 3ell Atlantic Corp., 3ell- South Corp., NYNEX Corp., Pacific Telesis Group., Southwestern Bell Corp., and U.S. West, Inc. The following analysis provides an overview of the pre- and post-divestiture organizational structure and details the evolution of the antitrust action which resulted in this divestiture.
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