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

Jerry Ellig (), Paul LaFontaine (), Wayne Leighton (), Eric Ralph and Sean Sullivan ()
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Jerry Ellig: The George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center
Paul LaFontaine: Federal Communications Commission
Wayne Leighton: Federal Communications Commission
Sean Sullivan: Federal Communications Commission

Review of Industrial Organization, 2018, vol. 53, issue 4, No 6, 707 pages

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Broadband; FCC; Internet freedom; Net neutrality; Universal service; Benefit–cost analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s11151-018-9672-6

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