The Year in Economics at the FCC, 2014–2015

D. Bring, W. Leighton, Katherine LoPiccalo, C. Matraves, J. Schwarz and D. Waterman ()

Review of Industrial Organization, 2015, vol. 47, issue 4, 437-462

Abstract: We discuss several FCC proceedings and other matters of economic interest. These include: the Commission’s new Open Internet (“net neutrality”) rules and economic challenges they pose; regulatory implications of a potential reclassification of certain online video distributors as multi-channel video distributors; the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger; a set of policy experiments that involve extension of the “Lifeline” universal service program to broadband, and the IP technology transition; and, finally, two major policy initiatives to improve the management of spectrum used by mobile wireless providers. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Mergers; Media; Regulation; Internet economics; Communications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s11151-015-9491-y

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