Research questions prompted by observed changes in competition data. Each question identifies an empirical approach, evidence needs, and what current observations cannot establish.
Question field / domain × method
Where the public research program is concentrated46 source-custodied questions across 5 evidence systems and 7 declared methods.
Research questions
46
signal-derived
Declared methods
7
metric-specific
Source records
12
current custody
Evidence requests
184
work to collect
Observed signalExact metric, anchors, interval, unit, and universe remain attached.
Bounded questionThe monitor question is preserved verbatim and never converted into a verdict.
Evidence requestDeclared collection work is separated from evidence already in custody.
Move from an observed change to a testable research program
Questions stay in published signal order. Methods and evidence requests are declared; no priority score is calculated.
Questions shown
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of 46 published
Entities
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exact signal subjects
Methods
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of 7 declared
Source records
12
unique custody rows
Evidence requests
184
work items, not findings
Published questions46 / 46
Q01 / Business dynamicsBusiness-flow context
Which sectors, firm-age groups, places, financing conditions, or policy changes account for the latest national entry-rate movement?
United States business dynamics / Establishment entry rate
202211.7%
-1.04 pp1 year
202310.6%
Observed signal
Establishment entry rate moved from 11.7% in 2022 to 10.6% in 2023 (-1.043 percentage points).Latest published Census BDS year versus the immediately preceding national annual record; the full 1978-2023 history remains available in the underlying explorer.
Bounded interpretation
The latest published national entry rate is lower than the prior annual BDS record. This business-flow movement does not measure concentration, market power, or a competitive cause.Business Dynamics Statistics measure establishment, firm, and job flows within published national and NAICS-sector universes. They do not measure concentration, market power, legal antitrust markets, or the competitive cause of entry, exit, creation, or destruction.Empirical trackBusiness-flow context
Disaggregate national entry, exit, job-flow, and reallocation movement by sector, place, and firm age before proposing a competitive mechanism.
Evidence base
46 national annual records / 1978-2023
Status
verified / high confidence
Declared empirical tracks
7 methods, each tied to a published metric family
The method register makes the work program inspectable while leaving research importance and enforcement merit unranked.
01Market mechanism
Test entry, exit, switching, price, quality, capacity, and share pathways inside the declared market boundary.
6 questions / market-hhi
02Share accounting
Reconstruct participant-share movement while checking denominator, coverage, entry, exit, and transaction changes.
9 questions / market-cr4, market-leader-share
03Industry disaggregation
Trace a sector median back to strict six-digit Census rows before proposing a product or geographic market study.
17 questions / industry-median-hhi
04Geographic structure
Reconcile national and nested geographic concentration summaries with area-level distributions, provider or ownership paths, measurement boundaries, and local-market evidence.