This paper empirically investigates the effects of the $1.5 billion program Congress established to subsidize digital-to-analog converter boxes to help consumers transition to digital television broadcasts. The results show that the DTV coupon program has increased the price of digital-to-analog...

A long-standing public policy goal has been ensuring that almost all citizens are connected to some minimum level of communications services. This paper evaluates Comcast’s “voluntary commitment” to introduce a low-income broadband program that Comcast has branded “Internet Essentials...