Archive: News
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Larry Downes: “A simple path forward for FCC transparency” (The Hill)
Monday, January 9, 2017 The Hill Last summer, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) criticized outgoing FCC Chair Tom Wheeler for a lack of transparency about Commission pr
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Vastine advises on trade policy in President-Elect Trump’s administration
Thursday, January 5, 2017 As the inauguration of President-Elect Trump approaches, Senior Industry and Innovation Fellow Bob Vastine has been asked to comment in a collection of pieces regardi
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Call for Papers: Third Annual Research Colloquium on the Economics and Regulation of the Freight Rail Industry
traveling with train Thursday, January 5, 2017 THE ECONOMICS AND REGULATION OF THE FREIGHT RAIL INDUSTRYThird Annual Research ColloquiumCall for Papers The Georgetown Center for Business and
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Macher and colleagues file amicus brief
On December 21, Center for Business and Public Policy Academic Director Jeff Macher, along with eleven other signatories, submitted an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the T
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Anna-Maria Kovacs: “Mobile Video Fuels Broadband Investment and Adoption” (Wireless Week)
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Wireless Week There are two goals that have bipartisan support in Washington: increased broadband infrastructure investment and greater broadband adoption. Expand
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Larry Downes: “The Right and Wrong Ways to Regulate Self-Driving Cars” (HBR)
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 Harvard Business Review Self-driving, autonomous vehicles — a topic of speculation, if not science fiction, just five years ago — are suddenly going mainstream. Be
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Larry Downes: “A new digital divide has emerged — and conventional solutions won’t bridge the gap” (Washington Post)
The Washington PostThough the United States has made profound progress in making Internet access universally available, a new digital divide has emerged that defies conventional solutions. Since
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Larry Downes: “U.S. Digital Infrastructure Needs More Private Investment” (HBR)
Harvard Business ReviewThere’s an urgent need to invest in America’s crumbling infrastructure. Even our politicians agree on that. As anyone who has driven a car, ridden a train, turned on the ta
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Kovacs releases policy paper: “Business Data Services: The Potential Harm to Competitive Facilities Deployment”
Visiting Senior Policy Scholar Anna-Maria Kovacs today released a paper, "Business data services: The potential harm to competitive facilities deployment." Kovacs finds that FCC- mandated price c
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Hahn releases paper: “Using Big Data to Estimate Consumer Surplus: The Case of Uber”
Senior Policy Scholar Robert Hahn today released a co-authored paper, “Using Big Data to Estimate Consumer Surplus: The Case of Uber.” The authors rely on Uber’s “surge” pricing algorithm and the
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