Economics

Kentucky Housing Corporation and Mortgage Insurance

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

During the spring of 1987, a Kentucky Housing Corporation committee appointed by Executive Director Lynn Luallen met regularly to discuss whether the corporation should itself get into the mortgage insurance business. In the past, the...

Jerusalem Steel Corporation

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This hypothetical case is set in the spring of 1988, in the midst of the downturn of the Reagan administration's once-booming economy. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Roger Auchincloss is preparing for a meeting with Edgar Bowser, CEO of...

Who Will Pay for Seabrook?

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In the fall of 1987, the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission faced an electric rate decision with far-reaching consequences. Ostensibly, the commission had only to decide whether to grant an emergency 15 percent rate increase to the...

US-Canada Free Trade Negotiations (I): Gaining Approval to Proceed (B: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1985, US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter began preparing for trade talks with Canada, the largest US trading partner. The goal was an agreement that would virtually eliminate trade barriers between the two nations. But by the mid-1980s,...

US-Canada Free Trade Negotiations (I): Gaining Approval to Proceed (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1985, US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter began preparing for trade talks with Canada, the largest US trading partner. The goal was an agreement that would virtually eliminate trade barriers between the two nations. But by the mid-1980s,...

US-Canada Free Trade Negotiations (I): Gaining Approval to Proceed (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1985, US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter began preparing for trade talks with Canada, the largest US trading partner. The goal was an agreement that would virtually eliminate trade barriers between the two nations. But by the mid-1980s,...

High Mountain Sheep Dam (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This case examines the decision facing the Federal Power Commission (FPC) of whether to license hydroelectric development of Idaho's Snake River. After providing background on the area's wilderness value and on the FPC, it describes a series of...

Department of Transportation and Airport Landing Slots (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The ability of commercial airlines to fly their planes means little without a space in which to land them. In some congested US airports, the times and spots for landing are known as "landing slots" and have been assigned to airlines at the...

Department of Transportation and Airport Landing Slots

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

The ability of commercial airlines to fly their planes means little without a space in which to land them. In some congested US airports, the times and spots for landing are known as "landing slots" and have been assigned to airlines at the...

Revving Up for Relief: Harley-Davidson at the ITC (B: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In September 1982, Harley-Davidson, the only remaining US-based motorcycle manufacturer, petitioned the International Trade Commission for temporary relief, in the form of steep tariffs, from high levels of Japanese heavyweight motorcycles and...

Revving Up for Relief: Harley-Davidson at the ITC (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In September 1982, Harley-Davidson, the only remaining US-based motorcycle manufacturer, petitioned the International Trade Commission for temporary relief, in the form of steep tariffs, from high levels of Japanese heavyweight motorcycles and...

Revving Up for Relief: Harley-Davidson at the ITC (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In September 1982, Harley-Davidson, the only remaining US-based motorcycle manufacturer, petitioned the International Trade Commission for temporary relief, in the form of steep tariffs, from high levels of Japanese heavyweight motorcycles and...