Archive: Announcements
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Anna-Maria Kovacs: “D.C. Circuit’s net neutrality ruling poses danger to edge providers” (FierceTelecom)
FierceTelecom Senior Policy Scholar Anna-Maria Kovacs responds to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Open Internet Order and
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Second Annual Research Colloquium on the Economics and Regulation of the Freight Rail Industry
The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 largely but not completely deregulated the U.S. freight rail industry. More than thirty years of hindsight affords a rich opportunity for fresh economic analysis of
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Delp and Mayo issue research paper: “The Evolution of ‘Competition’: Lessons for 21st Century Telecommunications Policy” and accompanying Economic Policy Vignette
Amanda Delp and John Mayo chronicle the evolution of the concept of “competition” in economics and also examine how competition has been defined in the telecommunications arena. Their research
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The Power Shift Forum for Women in the World Economy
The Power Shift Forum for Women in the World Economy is an annual symposium on women as economic actors in the global marketplace led by the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Power
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Downes releases new policy paper: “Unlocking Pandora’s Set-Top Box: The FCC Flirts with Disaster, Again”
“Unlocking Pandora’s Set-Top Box: The FCC Flirts with Disaster, Again,” by CBPP Project Director and Senior Industry and Innovation Fellow Larry Downes, provides background, analysis, and sharp
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Dillon-Merrill named 2016 Distinguished Georgetown Investigator
Center Scholar Robin Dillon-Merrill (professor of operations and information management) has been named a 2016 Distinguished Georgetown Investigator by the Office of the Provost. The Distinguishe
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Next Lunch Nuggets: “The pros and cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership”
If you're not at the table, you're on the menu Discussion and Q+A on the pros and cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with a diverse panel of experts When: April 19, 2016, 12:3
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Larry Downes: “Say It Ain’t So, Netflix (Oh But It Is): Still More ‘Net Neutrality’ Hypocrisy” (Forbes)
Forbes Tech Downes discusses the recent revelation that Netflix has "secretly throttl[ed] traffic for its customers on Verizon and AT&T’s mobile networks, and has been doing so for the last fi
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Mayo, Macher heading to Barcelona for next US-EU Dialogue, Business and Public Policy Forum
Center leaders John Mayo and Jeff Macher are heading to Barcelona, April 22-23, for the US-EU Dialogue, Business and Public Policy Forum. This two-day workshop is a joint effort of academics from
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Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy
The MBA Certificate Program in Nonmarket Strategy, which enrolled 43 first-year MBA students in January, held the first class session of "The Nonmarket Environment in DC" on February 8 with speci
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