Antitrust Radar
Policy AgendaAR-PA-024 / reviewed Aug 13, 2026 JSON

Near-term / Ownership transparency

Build public ownership and event crosswalks

Link establishments and firms to common control, mergers, divestitures, entry, exit, financing events, and identifier changes so researchers can distinguish organic dynamism from ownership and reporting transitions.
Source records2report custody
Linked markets0analytical context
Research themes2publication taxonomy
Evidence needs5future verification inputs
Recommendation evidence chain

The source boundary stays visible from analysis to proposed action.

02Evidence custody2 sources / 0 marketsLinked context, not independent endorsement
03Normative recommendationAR-PA-024Ownership transparency
04Implementation evidenceNot assessedNo adoption or impact inference
This agenda registers normative recommendations published by Antitrust Radar. A recommendation's presence, priority, source links, or evidence needs do not show government consideration, adoption, funding, implementation, enforcement use, effectiveness, or impact. Report sources support the underlying analysis and do not independently endorse the recommendation.
Source report position

Business Dynamism Across U.S. Sectors, 1978-2023

Long-run declines in entry and job flows should guide a public research program that connects business formation and exit to compatible industry structure, ownership, financing, merger, price, quality, and policy evidence without treating broad-sector associations as causal findings.
Intended audience
Census Bureau, FTC, DOJ, Congress, state economic agencies, and competition researchers
Policy priority
Near-term
Instrument
Ownership transparency
Publication
AR-RB-2026-04 / version 1.0
Canonical citation
Antitrust Radar Research Team. (2026, July 20). Business Dynamism Across U.S. Sectors, 1978-2023: Entry weakened nationally while broad-sector paths diverged. Competition Research Briefs, AR-RB-2026-04 (Version 1.0). Antitrust Radar. https://antitrustradar.org/reports/business-dynamism-across-sectors-1978-2023
Evidence still needed

Inputs required to investigate the recommendation and its effects.

  1. 01Stable detailed-industry entry and exit panels
  2. 02Firm age, size, ownership, and common-control links
  3. 03Merger, divestiture, financing, and identifier event records
  4. 04Compatible annual concentration and market-definition evidence
  5. 05Price, quality, wage, innovation, access, and survival outcomes
These are research requirements, not evidence that an agency has opened, adopted, or completed the work.
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