Efficient Spectrum Reallocation with Hold-Ups and Without Nirvana
Thomas W. Hazlett, Professor of Law and Economics and Director, Information Economy Project, George Mason University and Clemson University In 2010, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
View ArticleThomas Hazlett Interviewed for an Article on Spectrum Auctions in Econ Focus...
Econ Focus, the economics magazine of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, wrote an article on the state of the FCC’s spectrum auction process. In it, Thomas Hazlett is quoted detailing the...
View ArticleSkorup Op-Ed on Net Neutrality Appears in Real Clear Markets
IEP Scholar Brent Skorup penned an op-ed on the net neutrality debate. In it, he examines the origins of net neutrality, specifically the first violator of the FCC’s net neutrality rules. The FCC...
View ArticleIEP Conference on Spectrum Auctions Covered in TR Daily
The IEP conference from April 25th, Spectrum After Incentive Auctions, was covered in TR Daily by Paul Kirby. The entire text of the article appears below: EXPERTS DEBATE WAYS TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT...
View ArticleThomas Hazlett Cited in Daily Beast Article on Net Neutrality
The Daily Beast’s Nick Gillespie wrote an article entitled “The FCC Must Ignore the Silly ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates.” In it, Gillespie explains why the dire consequences predicted by net neutrality...
View ArticleThomas Hazlett Cited in Amicus Brief filed with the Supreme Court seeking to...
Minority Television Project, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission is a case, currently under petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court, that seeks to overturn the current legal standard set in...
View ArticleHazlett, Oh, and Skorup on the Effects of Prohibiting Handset Bundling in...
Thomas Hazlett joined IEP Scholars Sarah Oh and Brent Skorup in authoring a paper studying the effects of laws passed in Finland and Belgium prohibiting the bundling of cell phones with 3G wireless...
View ArticleHazlett Interviewed for Virginia Business Article on “Open Internet”
Thomas Hazlett was interviewed by Virginia Business Magazine in an article by Richard Foster analyzing the Netflix/Comcast deal and the ramifications for the so called “open internet.” Critics...
View ArticleIEP Scholar Sarah Oh’s Paper on the Effects of the Discount Rate and...
IEP Scholar Sarah Oh has written a paper entitled Effects of the Discount Rate and Urbanicity on E-rate Funds from 1998-2012. The abstract from the paper reads as follows: Broadband in schools has...
View ArticleHazlett and Wright Pen Wall Street Journal Op-Ed on FCC Over-Management of...
Joshua Wright, IEP Scholar on leave and current FTC Commissioner, joined Thomas Hazlett to write an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “Micromanaging the Web Would Be a Macro Mistake.” The...
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