Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- A. Conditions in the U.S. Vehicle Market: 1980-1993 -- Import Penetration -- Fuel Economy Regulations -- Pricing Patterns -- Competitive Dynamics -- Cost and Productivity Differences -- B. Policy Options for the 1990s -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Short-Sighted Solutions -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION -- A. An Alternative Policy Approach: The Stakeholder Model -- B. Domestic Employment and Oligopoly Behavior in the U.S. Auto Industry -- CHAPTER II BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW -- A. The Structure of the U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry -- 1. Oligopoly Power in the U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry -- B. Shifting Patterns of Vehicle Demand and Rising Imports -- 1. Recent Import Trends -- 2. The Japanese Cost Advantage -- C. The Effects of Trade on Employment -- l. Estimates of the Effects of Trade on Employment -- 2. The Effects of Trade Protection: 1980-84 -- 3. The Effects of the VRAs on Quality, Output and Employment Patterns -- CHAPTER III THE MODEL -- A. The Baker and Bresnahan Model4 -- B.A Residual Demand Model for the U.S. Auto industry -- 1. A Reduced Form Model -- 2. Import Markets -- 3. Factor Costs -- CHAPTER IV DATA GENERATION AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS -- A. Macroeconomic Variables -- 1. Implicit Price Deflators -- 2. Gross National Product -- 3. Gasoline Prices -- 4. Interest Rates -- 5. Time Trend and Structural Dummy Variables -- B. Auto Output and Price Levels -- 1. Own Quantity Sold, by Firm and Size Class -- 2. Own Average Price, by Firm and Size Class -- 3. Import Quantity and Price -- 4. Average Price of All Other Domestic Cars, for Each Firm and Size Class -- C. Factor Costs -- 1. Industry-Wide Cost of Unionized Labor -- 2. Capacity Utilization -- 3. Exchange Rates -- 4. Firm-Specific Labor Costs