Staff in the FTC’s Bureau of Economics perform economic analyses to support the Commission’s missions to protect consumers and maintain competition. Staff contributions include both original economic research and theoretical and empirical analysis in specific matters where the Commission has to decide whether to take enforcement actions. This article describes: retrospective research of a consummated merger in the fertilizer industry; a novel analysis of the government’s consumer complaint data to understand how frauds affect different demographic groups; and casework that supported a decision to challenge a merger of private label ready-to-eat cereal manufacturers.

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FTC的经济学：肥料，消费者投诉和自有品牌谷物

FTC经济局的工作人员进行经济分析，以支持委员会保护消费者和维持竞争的使命。在委员会必须决定是否采取执法行动的特定问题上，工作人员的贡献既包括原始的经济研究，也包括理论和实证分析。本文介绍：对肥料行业中完成合并的回顾性研究；对政府消费者投诉数据的新颖分析，以了解欺诈行为如何影响不同的人口群体；案例研究支持了一项挑战，要求挑战自有品牌即食谷物制造商的合并。