Regulatory Policy

Social services, mergers, public health, and environmental protection. These are among the many regulatory topics covered by the teaching cases in this section. Through discussion and debate, the case method challenges students to put themselves in the shoes of government leaders as they unpack these complicated real-world scenarios.

  • Classic Case - Chrysler Corporation (A): The Bid

    Chrysler Corporation (A): The Bid

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    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...

  • Classic Case - Regulating Airport Noise

    Regulating Airport Noise

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    Government agencies have responded to complaints about airport noise in rather traditional ways, primarily by mandating noise standards for jet aircraft. This case describes the problem of airport noise as of 1980, delineates the ways airplanes...

  • Classic Case - Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation (Sequel)

    Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In November 1980, voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved a tax limitation referendum called Proposition 2 l/2, which restricted the property tax levy for each Massachusetts city and town to 2 l/2 percent of the fair market value of all...

  • Classic Case - Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation

    Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In November 1980, voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved a tax limitation referendum called Proposition 2 1/2, which restricted the property tax levy for each Massachusetts city and town to 2 1/2 percent of the fair market value of all...

  • Teaching Case - Automobile Insurance

    Automobile Insurance

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    This case includes both conceptual materials on insurance and a description and assessment of a landmark regulatory decision that set auto insurance rates in Massachusetts. A series of essays describes the operation of markets under risk and...

  • Teaching Case - Rescission of the Passive Restraints Standard (Sequel)

    Rescission of the Passive Restraints Standard (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    On October 23, 1981, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) head Raymond A. Peck, Jr. announced his decision to rescind those sections of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 which would have required passive...

  • Teaching Case - Rescission of the Passive Restraints Standard

    Rescission of the Passive Restraints Standard

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    On October 23, 1981, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) head Raymond A. Peck, Jr. announced his decision to rescind those sections of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 which would have required passive...

  • Teaching Case - Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission

    Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    In 1977 President Carter, pursuing his policy of appointing liberal public interest advocates to subcabinet posts, named Mike Pertschuk as chairman of the FTC. Pertschuk assumed command of a recently revitalized, aggressive bureaucracy. This...

  • Teaching Case - Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission (Sequel)

    Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission (Sequel)

    $2.45

    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    In 1977 President Carter, pursuing his policy of appointing liberal public interest advocates to subcabinet posts, named Mike Pertschuk as chairman of the FTC. Pertschuk assumed command of a recently revitalized, aggressive bureaucracy. This...

  • Teaching Case - Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission (Abridged)

    Mike Pertschuk and the Federal Trade Commission (Abridged)

    $3.95

    Publication Date: January 01, 1981

    In 1977 President Carter, pursuing his policy of appointing liberal public interest advocates to subcabinet posts, named Mike Pertschuk as chairman of the FTC. Pertschuk assumed command of a recently revitalized, aggressive bureaucracy. This...

  • Classic Case - Police Negotiations in Barkfield, MA (C)

    Police Negotiations in Barkfield, MA (C)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1980

    This disguised case concerns contract negotiations between the town of Barkfield, Massachusetts, and its ten-officer police local. After an impasse was reached, the Joint Labor management Committee, a state-appointed standing committee with...