Scholar Recognition

The Senior Policy Scholars develop seminars and programs, craft Economic Policy Vignettes, and participate in a variety of the Georgetown Center’s activities. They are also very active within the community: discussing their expertise on TV or radio shows, serving as advisers to government agencies, presenting their research at conferences, and much more.  A list of the news stories featuring those accomplishments is below.

• Wallsten finds spectrum prices have risen in last five years, January 24, 2013
• Fatas invited to be an academic participant at Davos, January 22, 2013
• Ambassador Kirk announces intent to negotiate new trade agreement focusing on services, January 18, 2013
• Wallsten interviewed about the National Broadband Plan, January 18, 2013
• Jensen quoted in Washington Post trade article, January 9, 2013
• Jensen trade in services research featured on VOX, November 26, 2012
  
• Wolfram blogs about cost of energy outages, November 12, 2012
• Wallsten posts about unintended consequences of the FCC’s tethering decision in TPI blog, November 9, 2012
• Jensen participating in Techonomy conference November 11-13, November 8, 2012
• Center featured in FT for ability to engage Capitol Hill, November 6, 2012
• Jensen quoted on trade in services in Bloomberg BNA piece, November 2, 2012
• Vastine argues for International Services Agreement in The Australian Financial Review, November 1, 2012
• Hahn, Passell argue telecom should be regulated like the internet, November 1, 2012
• Mayo interviewed about Sprint Softbank purchase, October 17, 2012
• Kovacs discusses broadband deployment in FierceTelecom and The Hill op-eds, August 28, 2012
• Shapiro writes op-ed in Washington Post, August 17, 2012
• Kovacs discusses special access in Fierce Wireless op-ed, August 6, 2012
• Jensen participates in U.S. trade policy panel at the Peterson Institute, June 20, 2012
• Hahn, Passell discuss Chinese healthcare for U.S. News, June 13, 2012
• Corrado appointed to committee at the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, June 12, 2012
• Kovacs writes about special access and the current FCC proceedings, June 4, 2012
• Shapiro blogs about possible job creation, May 8, 2012
• Corrado gives keynote at ICTNET workshop, April 23, 2012
• Kovacs to discuss competition in the mobile economy at ITIF event, April 17, 2012
• Jensen’s trade book reviewed by Journal of Economic Literature, Foreign Affairs, March 26, 2012
• Shapiro to discuss economic challenges for the next administration at Carnegie program, March 14, 2012
• Kovacs discusses economic benefits of spectrum on FierceWireless, March 14, 2012
• Mayo to moderate policy, strategic investment panel for CPPI, March 13, 2012
• Shapiro study quoted in Bloomberg News piece on the economic effects of Angry Birds, March 6, 2012
• Mayo travels to Mississippi; discusses wireless, broadband demand study, March 1, 2012
• Hahn, Passell write about spectrum “win-win” for U.S. News, February 29, 2012
• Jensen opinion on services sector featured in the Washington Post, February 24, 2012
• Wallsten comments on Verizon spectrum deal before FCC, February 22, 2012
• Shapiro blogs about State of the Union, January 25, 2012
• Shapiro publishes report examining effect of internet advances on jobs, January 23, 2012
• Jensen quoted in FT article about US manufacturing jobs, January 19, 2012
• Hahn argues against spectrum auction limits in Forbes, January 19, 2012
• Wolfram discusses rise of global middle class, effect on energy consumption in Bloomberg, January 19, 2012
• Jensen among business leaders at Obama’s “Insourcing American Jobs”, January 13, 2012
• Jensen discusses what trade in services can do for the economy, December 7, 2011
• Shapiro ponders the European debt crisis, December 6, 2011
• Wallsten publishes piece arguing irrelevant broadband metrics lead to misguided policy, December 6, 2011
• Kovacs writes about consumers and strategic regulation in telecom industry, November 28, 2011
• Jensen to speak at trade in services event November 29th, November 27, 2011
• Shapiro blogs about job creation under Obama, Bush, November 16, 2011
• Jensen’s new book featured in WSJ, November 15, 2011
• Jensen: given the right policy environement, trade in services could lead economic recovery, November 1, 2011
• Mayo participated in Brookings’ wireless broadband event, November 1, 2011
• Shapiro blogs about middle-class appeal of Occupy Wall Street, October 24, 2011
• Mayo, Macher present policy recommendations for achieving rural universal service, October 18, 2011
• Wallsten proposes cost-effectiveness changes to the Connect America Fund, October 10, 2011
• Mayo participating in Brookings’ wireless broadband event, October 10, 2011
• Mayo quoted about Google antitrust hearing, September 23, 2011
• Kovacs to speak at universal service event October 6, September 21, 2011
• Wallsten testifies before Senate finance about R&D, September 20, 2011
• Mayo speaks at IIA Broadband Symposium; video available, September 16, 2011
• Shapiro issues report on communication technology and jobs, September 15, 2011
• Jensen publishes book on global services trade, September 15, 2011
• Mayo writes about economic education in letter to Wall Street Journal editor, September 2, 2011
• Hahn opinion about antitrust scrutiny published in Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2011
• Mayo addresses Australian regulators, August 14, 2011
• Mayo writes about mobile telecommunications in rural areas August 1, 2011
• Röller steps down as affiliate, begins post with Merkel, July 11, 2011
• Shapiro blogs about global economy, challenges to U.S., June 18, 2011
• Shapiro blogs about IMF meetings, raising US debt limit, June 4, 2011
• Wallsten publishes new paper on Universal Broadband, April 18, 2011
• Shapiro discusses budget, banks, Libya, April 7, 2011
• Hahn pens op-ed for Politico on AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile, March 22, 2011
• Shapiro blogs on deficits, stimulus, March 3, 2011
• Wallsten releases new paper on the inefficiencies of the Universal Service Fund, February 23, 2011
• Shapiro blogs about budget, deficit, February 17,2011
• Hahn blogs about broadband subsidies, February 11, 2011
• Shapiro blogs about the economics of Egyptian unrest; testifies before House Judiciary Committee, February 9, 2011
• Shapiro blogs about State of the Union and the real meaning of competitiveness, February 2, 2011
• Wallsten blogs about small wireless firms, January 14, 2011
• Shapiro featured on Fox News and Marketplace discussing jobs & debt, January 7, 2011
• Jensen testifies at the U.S. International Trade Commission, December 17, 2010
• Wallsten, TPI release study showing broadband prices have remained stable, December 15, 2010
• Shapiro talks about trade on Marketplace; blogs about taxes, the budget, net neutrality, December 13, 2010
• Shapiro discusses the election on NPR’s Marketplace, November 4, 2010
• Shapiro blogs about IMF meetings, global economy, October 12, 2010
• Wallsten presents study linking broadband competition, investment, October 4, 2010
• Hahn blogs about Google, Microsoft; published in Huffington Post, September 27, 2010
• Mayo discusses net neutrality at BroadbandandBreakfast.com event, September 25, 2010
• Shapiro discusses stimulus plan on NPR’s Marketplace, September 6, 2010
• Wallsten participates in TPI Aspen forum, August 30, 2010
• Jensen speaks on Brookings Institute panel, July 27, 2010
• Hahn study cited in Forbes.com, July 16, 2010
• Shapiro discusses U.S. austerity measures on CNBC, June 22, 2010
• Lyon organizes conference to examine green markets, June 1, 2010
• Shapiro examines parallels, differences between Greek and American fiscal problems, May 13, 2010
• Lyon participates in second annual ARCS conference at Harvard Business School, May 10, 2010
• Hahn publishes offshore drilling opinion piece in Politico, April 13, 2010
• Fatas presents research to Chairman Bernake, Fed officials, April 12, 2010
• Jensen discusses trade, exports on NPR, April 7, 2010
• Lyon to speak about new book: Good Cop/Bad Cop: Environmental NGOs & Their Strategies Toward Business, March 16, 2010
• Hahn blogs about texting while driving, radio spectrum and more, March 3, 2010
• Shapiro blogs about world economic crisis, February 12, 2010
• Shapiro blogs about economic measures not being considered by congress, January 25, 2010
• Lyon to speak about low carbon technologies on Capitol Hill, January 13, 2010
• Shapiro blogs about international pressures, rise in U.S. interest rates, January 6, 2010
• Shapiro advocates carbon tax in Politico, December 9, 2010
• Shapiro blogs about how to create jobs without increasing the deficit, December 9, 2009
• Hahn, Anthoff produce working paper on environmental and energy policy for Oxford Review of Economic Policy, November 24, 2009
• Lerner publishes new book on public efforts to boost venture capital and entrepreneurship, November 23, 2009
• Shapiro and Hassett Capitol Hill event garners publicity, November 17, 2009
• Jensen speaks at globalization conference, November 6, 2009
• Hahn and Singer publish study on handset exclusivity, November 3, 2009
• Hahn to speak at Wireless Innovation Luncheon, October 29, 2009
• Jensen discusses jobless recovery on To the Point, October 7, 2009
• Mayo interviewed about possible Sprint/T-Mobile merger, September 15, 2009
• Mayo speaks to Free State Foundation about universal broadband service, September 10, 2009
• Mayo interviewed on The Federal Drive, September 8, 2009
• Wallsten named economic director of FCC Broadband Task Force, August 25, 2009
• Georgetown Center economists among those advising using procurement auctions to allocate broadband stimulus funds, May 13, 2009
• Wallsten testifies before Congress, March 12, 2009
• Fatas publishes research, blog, March 10, 2009
• Lyon sends out call for papers, December 10, 2008
• Shapiro discusses new book, Futurecast, December 2, 2008
• Shapiro appears on CNBC to discuss the election, November 11, 2008
• Mayo participates in New York Law School panel, October 17, 2008
• Wallsten on Kojo Nnamdi Show, September 16, 2008
• Wallsten participates in international telecom conferences, September 8, 2008
• Announcing the 08-09 Senior Policy Scholars, August 26, 2008
• Jensen addresses McDonough alumni, April 24, 2008
• Wallsten Interviewed by Christian Science Monitor, March 10, 2008
• Mayo delivers keynote address to visiting dignitaries, March 3, 2008
• Wallsten testifies before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, February 28, 2008
• Wallsten speaks at 25th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy & Regulation, December 5, 2007
• Mayo Receives Honorary Degree in Economics from the University of Basel, November 30, 2007
• Mayo addresses Phoenix Center’s 2007 Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium, November 28, 2007
• Georgetown Center Announces Inaugural Class of Senior Policy Scholars, November 17, 2007