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Economic report, March 1974 :

Mulholland, Joseph P.

Economic report, March 1974 : concentration levels and trends in the energy sector of the U.S. economy / - Washington, D.C. : Federal Trade Commission, 1974. - xviii, 298 p.:ill,

Staff report to the Federal Trade Commission.

Includes bibliographical references.

The first study of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), "Inter-fuel Substitutability" detailed the extensive competition that exists between the four primary fuel, crude oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium, within the electric utility sector. The report concludes that "mergers between petroleum companies and firms producing or owning reserves of other fuels should be considered horizontal acquisitions.This present report is a sequel to "Inter-fuel Substitutability" and will address itself to the above-mentioned interrelationship between inter-fuel merger activity and seller concentration within the primary fuel production sector. It further investigates ownership structure from the point of view of an aggregate fuel supply sector.


Energy policy.
Industrial concentration.

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