Policy scholar Shapiro’s new paper on regulation and investment

The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy is pleased to announce a new policy paper by Senior Policy Scholar Robert Shapiro and co-author Kevin A. Hassett, Regulation and Investment: A Note on Policy Evaluation under Uncertainty, With an Application to FCC Title II Regulation of the Internet. The paper explores the challenges inherent in evaluating the likely effects of regulation on investment, proposes a systematic approach to such policy evaluation, and includes an empirical example of this approach that analyzes the impact of Title II regulation on Internet investment.