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Publications

Center Fellows contribute to current discussions on policy issues via concise Economic Policy Vignettes, more detailed Academic Papers, as well as full Books on various subjects. 

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Economic Policy Vignettes (See all)
Where is Internet Policy Really Headed, by Robert W. Hahn, appearing through the Social Sciences Research Network - November 2009
Globalization and Business Services: A Growth Opportunity?, by J. Brandford Jensen - November 2009
Policymaking in the Wireless Telephone Industry: Let's Avoid the Rorschach Approach, by John W. Mayo - August 2009
Using Procurement Auctions to Allocate Broadband Stimulus Grants, Comments of 71 Concerned Economists - April 2009
Measuring the Effectiveness of the Broadband Stimulus Plan, by Scott Wallsten - March 2009

Academic Papers (See all)
Measuring the Impact of Trade in Services: Prospects and Challenges, by J. Bradford Jensen, prepared for the "Measurement Issues Arising from the Growth of Globalization" Conference held Nov 6-7, 2009 in Washington, DC - November 2009
Endogenous Regulatory Constraints and the Emergence of Hybrid Regulation, by John W. Mayo and Larry Blank, originally appearing in the Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 34, No. 3 - November 2009
Evaluating Estimates of Materials Offshoring from U.S. Manufacturing, by J. Bradford Jensen and Robert C. Feenstra - October 2009
Sacred Cars? Cost-Effective Regulation of Stationary and Non-stationary Pollution Sources, a working paper by Catherine Wolfram, Meredith Fowlie and Christopher Knittel - September 2009
Regulating Risk: Lessons Learned and Rational Reform, by Edward Soule, Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business - September 2009

Books (See all)
New Directions in Communications Policy, edited by Randolph J. May, with an article by John Mayo, Carolina Academic Press (available through amazon.com) - July 2009
Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World (Collected Studies), edited by Jeffrey T. Macher and David C. Mowery, published by National Academies Press (available on amazon.com) - May 2008
Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work, by Robert Shapiro, published by St. Martin's Press (available through amazon.com) - April 2008