Archive: News
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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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Jensen, Quinn, and Weymouth issue policy paper: “Winners and Losers in International Trade: Effects on U.S. Presidential Voting”
Senior Policy Scholar J. Bradford Jensen and Faculty Affiliates Dennis Quinn and Stephen Weymouth recently issued a paper, “Winners and Losers in International Trade: Effects on U.S. Presidential
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Scott Wallsten named President of the Technology Policy Institute
Senior Policy Scholar Scott Wallsten was named President of the Technology Policy Institute, effective September 1, 2016. Scott formerly served as the Institute's Vice President for Research and
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Catherine Tinsley: “Women & Girls in Sports: When will we accept the new normal?” (Huffington Post)
Why do our cultural images lag? And what effect might this have on our girls? They return from their games sweaty, proud, and fueled with strength only to be bombarded with images contradicting w
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Larry Downes: “Why treating the Internet as a public utility is bad for consumers” (Washington Post)
Open Internet advocates celebrated long and loud in June when a federal court upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s “net neutrality” rules that prohibit broadband-access providers from b
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Railroad Economics at the Western Economic Association International Annual Meeting
traveling with train On July 1, 2016, Professor John Mayo chaired a session on railroad economics for the Transportation and Public Utilities Group at the 91st Annual Conference of the Western Eco
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Robert Hahn releases new policy paper: “The Impact of Behavioral Science Experiments on Energy Policy”
“The Impact of Behavioral Science Experiments on Energy Policy” by CBPP Senior Policy Scholar Robert Hahn and co-author Robert Metcalfe provides a survey and synthesis of behavioral experiments t
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John Mayo quoted in Variety article: “Net Neutrality: What’s Next for FCC’s Open Internet Rules”
Variety John Mayo was quoted in a Variety article published on June 17, 2016, "Net Neutrality: What's Next for FCC's Open Internet Rules."
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Mayo issues Economic Policy Vignette: “Regulation and Investment: Sk(r)ewing the Future for 21st Century Telecommunications?”
John Mayo, professor of economics, business, and public policy in Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and executive director of the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Poli
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