Regulatory Policy

Note on Competitive Bypass

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In 1986, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), a private utility company serving most of northern and central California, was facing the loss of many of its biggest and best customers. The threat came not from conservation, general economic...

Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In March 1985, Ford and General Motors asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reduce federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards from 27.5 miles per gallon to 26 mpg for the 1986 model year. For the first time...

General Motors and the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In 1984, General Motors Corporation was headed for a potentially expensive collision with federal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards. GM had exceeded the steadily increasing standards in the program's early years, when high gasoline...

Cable Wars (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

Set just before congressional deregulation of cable television in 1984, this economics and policy case offers students a chance to grapple with the question of whether local regulation of cable television is appropriate. It begins with a brief...

Cable Wars

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

Set just before congressional deregulation of cable television in 1984, this economics and policy case offers students a chance to grapple with the question of whether local regulation of cable television is appropriate. It begins with a brief...

NHTSA and the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

On March 1, 1985, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received separate petitions from GM and Ford, asking the agency to reduce corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards from 27.5 mpg to 26 mpg, beginning with the...

Competitive Bypass of Pacific Gas & Electric

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In 1986, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), a private utility company serving most of northern and central California, was facing the loss of many of its biggest and best customers. The threat came not from conservation, general economic...

Managing the Boston Housing Authority: The Receivership Begins

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

In 1980, Lewis Spence was named receiver of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), the fourth largest public housing authority in the US. After over five years of litigation in a class action suit brought by tenants, Massachusetts Superior Court...

Managing the Boston Housing Authority: Note on Federal Public Housing Policy (1937-1980)

Publication Date: January 01, 1985

In l980, Lewis Spence was named receiver of the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), the fourth largest public housing authority in the US. After over five years of litigation in a class action suit brought by tenants, Massachusetts Superior Court...

Chrysler Corporation (D): The Crunch

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

As its financial troubles worsened through the late 1970s, the Chrysler Corporation pinned its hopes on governmental assistance. This four-part case examines the events from Chrysler's request for federal aid in 1979, to the receipt of said aid...

Chrysler Corporation (C): The Deal

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

As its financial troubles worsened through the late 1970s, the Chrysler Corporation pinned its hopes on governmental assistance. This four-part case examines the events from Chrysler's request for federal aid in 1979, to the receipt of said aid...

Chrysler Corporation (B): The Choice

Publication Date: January 01, 1984

As its financial troubles worsened through the late 1970s, the Chrysler Corporation pinned its hopes on governmental assistance. This four-part case examines the events from Chrysler's request for federal aid in 1979, to the receipt of said aid...