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Economics at the FCC, 2017–2018: Internet Freedom, International Broadband Pricing Comparisons, and a New Office of Economics and Analytics

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  • Jerry Ellig

    (The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center)

  • Paul LaFontaine

    (Federal Communications Commission)

  • Wayne Leighton

    (Federal Communications Commission)

  • Eric Ralph

    (Federal Communications Commission)

  • Sean Sullivan

    (Federal Communications Commission)

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.

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  • Jerry Ellig & Paul LaFontaine & Wayne Leighton & Eric Ralph & Sean Sullivan, 2018. "Economics at the FCC, 2017–2018: Internet Freedom, International Broadband Pricing Comparisons, and a New Office of Economics and Analytics," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 53(4), pages 681-707, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:53:y:2018:i:4:d:10.1007_s11151-018-9672-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s11151-018-9672-6
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