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- Title
Economics at the FCC, 2017-2018: Internet Freedom, International Broadband Pricing Comparisons, and a New Office of Economics and Analytics.
- Authors
Ellig, Jerry; LaFontaine, Paul; Leighton, Wayne; Ralph, Eric; Sullivan, Sean
- Abstract
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) current strategic plan lists four priority goals: closing the digital divide; promoting innovation; protecting consumers and public safety; and reforming the FCC’s processes. Economists at the FCC contribute toward the realization of each of these goals, through analysis of the nature and significance of the underlying problems that regulations are intended to solve, as well as assessments of alternative solutions. Three major FCC initiatives demonstrate the role that economic analysis played in Commission decisions in 2017-2018: the Restoring Internet Freedom Order; the new hedonic pricing model that was used in the International Broadband Data Report; and the order that reorganized Commission economists into the Office of Economics and Analytics.
- Subjects
UNITED States. Federal Communications Commission; ECONOMIC competition; ECONOMIC development; INTERNATIONAL broadcasting; COST effectiveness
- Publication
Review of Industrial Organization, 2018, Vol 53, Issue 4, p681
- ISSN
0889-938X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11151-018-9672-6