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Traits of an Independent Communications Regulator: a Search for Indicators
June 01 2004
Irene Wu. International Bureau Working Paper 1 (June 2004) argues that a regulatory agency’s level of independence can be determined by examining its relationships to three groups (1) other government agencies, (2) the industry it...
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The Limits of Economic Regulation: The U.S. Experience
June 01 2004
Peyton Wynns. International Bureau Working Paper 2 (June 2004) describes regulatory experience in four industries in which network connections are important: airline, railroad, trucking and telephone. Wynns, who originally presented...
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Empirical Aspects of Advertiser Preferences and Program Content of Network Television
December 01 2003
Keith Brown and Roberto Cavazos. Media Bureau Staff Research Paper 2003-1 (Dec 2003) examines how advertising should be treated in a rational-choice framework. Using unique data from the broadcast networks’ 1995 Fall Season, the authors...
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Dynamic Pricing and Investment from Static Proxy Models
September 01 2003
David Mandy and William Sharkey. OSP Working Paper 40 (Sept 2003) evaluates the use of static computer cost models and cost studies typically used by regulators in setting forward-looking prices. Its objective is to address some of the...
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Unlicensed and Unshackled: A Joint OSP-OET White Paper On Unlicensed Devices and Their Regulatory Issues
May 01 2003
Kenneth Carter, Ahmed Lahjouji, and Neal McNeil. OSP Working Paper 39 (May 2003) presents a survey of the origins of unlicensed wireless devices, their governing regulation, and the current technological state of the art. It also gives an...
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A Proposal for a Rapid Transition to Market Allocation of Spectrum
November 01 2002
Evan Kwerel and John Williams. OSP Working Paper 38 (Nov 2002) proposes a methodology for efficiently restructuring a large amount of encumbered spectrum. To facilitate the rapid transition from administrative allocation of spectrum to...
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Broadcast Television: Survivor in a Sea of Competition
September 01 2002
Jonathan Levy, Marcelino Ford-Livene, and Anne Levine. OSP Working Paper 37 (Sept 2002) examines the future profitability of the broadcast industry, finding that it will depend on how well broadcasters respond to competition and cost pressures...
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A Comparison of Media Outlets and Owners for Ten Selected Markets: 1960, 1980, 2000
September 01 2002
Scott Roberts, Jane Frenette and Dione Stearns. Media Bureau Staff Research Paper 2002-1 (Sept 2002) compares the availability and ownership of media in ten different radio markets at three different points in time. It provides a...
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Viewpoint Diversity in Cross-Owned Newspapers and Television Stations: A Study of News Coverage of the 2000 Presidential Campaign
September 01 2002
David Pritchard. Media Bureau Staff Research Paper 2002-2 (Sept 2002) was written by Pritchard (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) at the request of the Media Bureau as part of its review of the FCC's ownership rules. Pritchard was...
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Consumer Substitution Among Media
September 01 2002
Joel Waldfogel. Media Bureau Staff Research Paper 2002-3 (Sept 2002) was written by Waldfogel (The Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania) at the request of the Media Bureau. Waldfogel considers whether the changes in availability or use...