Infrastructure industries, ranging from transportation (e.g., rail), energy (e.g., electricity) and communications (e.g., broadband), have played prominent roles in stimulating economic growth in the United States and around the world. These roles have been and will continue to be affected by various public policies and institutions.
Governmental policies have the prospect to either advance or impede key measures of economic performance within each infrastructure industry, not only for the organizations that operate to build, supply, and maintain the respective utilities and facilities, but also for a variety of other related firms, industries, and the economy writ large.
Scholars affiliated with the center provide valuable research, scholarly output and policy-oriented economic analysis related to a variety of infrastructure industries.
Principal Investigators and Conveners: Jeffrey Macher, John Mayo
Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom: 2023 Regulatory and Policy Hot Topics with Professors John Mayo and Glenn Woroch
Please join Carolyn and Jen for their April Lunch Nugget conversation with Georgetown’s very own Professor John Mayo and Professor Glenn Woroch of Berkeley. April’s installment of LNTT will focus on the myriad policy and regulatory issues facing companies in the tech and telecom sectors. …
Implementing the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act
Georgetown on the Hill: The Center for Business and Public Policy will explore the implementation of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act…
Macher, Mayo present “Evolution of Contracting: Evidence from the Deregulated Freight Rail Industry” at the Center for Research in Regulated Industries 37th Annual Eastern Conference in Ellicott City, Maryland
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018 -8:30am to 10:00am Location: Turf Valley Resort, Ellicott City, Maryland On June 7, 2018, Center Executive Director John Mayo and Academic…
The Economics and Regulation of the Freight Rail Industry, Third Annual Research Colloquium
Date: Friday, June 16, 2017 – 8:00am Location: Rafik B. Hariri Building – Fisher Colloquium, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Video…
Center’s Jeffrey Macher Quoted in ABC News Article on Canadian Rail Shutdown
A prolonged shutdown of Canadian freight rail companies due to labor disputes could seriously disrupt U.S. supply chains, driving up prices and slowing down the economy, experts warn. While the…
Center Releases EPV on the Future of Rail
CBPP published an Economic Policy Vignette on the path forward for Railroad Policymaking.…
The Evolution of Contracting: Evidence from the U.S. Freight Rail Industry
Jeffrey Macher and John Mayo publish “The Evolution of Contracting: Evidence from the U.S. Freight Rail Industry” in the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.…
