A regional analysis of the steel industry with emphasis on the economic performance of minimills and integrated mills.

A description of two ways of adding an equation for total factor productivity to the generalized cost system of Atkinson and Halvorsen; includes a discussion of testing for regulatory biases.

An examination of the components of total factor productivity, including its measurement and the usefulness of TFP indicators to regulators.

An estimation of the regulatory impact on technical change in the electric utility industry, indicating that regulation retarded the rate of technical change experienced by a sample of Ohio electric utilities over the 1965 to 1982 period.