We find that state mandated facility requirements may constrain the size and location of funeral homes. Many states have funeral regulations that require funeral homes to have embalming rooms, chapels, and casket display rooms. Often these facilities go unused, providing no discernible benefit to consumers while imposing unnecessary costs on firms. Using a case study, we present evidence that Arizona's more extensive facility requirements reduce the number of small funeral homes relative to Florida and prevent them from locating in shopping centers. We estimate that eliminating Arizona's cumbersome facility requirements would save consumers approximately 14% on their funeral expenditures. (JEL L51, L84, L88)

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根据国家规定的设施要求约束竞争

我们发现，国家规定的设施要求可能会限制of仪馆的规模和位置。许多州都制定了fun葬法规，要求have仪馆设有防腐室，礼拜堂和棺材陈列室。这些设施通常不使用，给消费者没有明显的好处，同时给企业带来不必要的成本。通过案例研究，我们提供了证据，表明亚利桑那州更广泛的设施要求相对于佛罗里达州减少了小型fun仪馆的数量，并阻止了fun仪馆在购物中心的布局。我们估计，消除亚利桑那州繁琐的设施要求将为消费者节省大约14％的丧葬费。（ JEL L51，L84，L88）